Using New Horizons data from the Pluto-Charon flyby in 2015, scientists have indirectly discovered a distinct and surprising lack of very small objects in the Kuiper Belt. The evidence for …read more Source:: Science
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NASA’s New Horizons mission reveals entirely new kind of world
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•Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission released the first detailed images of the most distant object ever explored — the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule. Its remarkable appearance, unlike …read more Source:: Science
New Horizons successfully explores Ultima Thule
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•NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule in the early hours of New Year’s Day, ushering in the era of exploration from the enigmatic Kuiper Belt, a region of …read more Source:: Science
New Horizons spacecraft homing in on Kuiper Belt target
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•Only hours from completing a historic flyby of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is on course and ready to gather scientific data on …read more Source:: Science
Moon discovered over dwarf planet Makemake in the Kuiper Belt
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•Scientists have discovered an elusive, dark moon orbiting Makemake, one of the ‘big four’ dwarf planets populating the Kuiper Belt region at the edge of our solar system. …read more Source:: Science