03 February 2017
Astronomers spot a possible dwarf planet on the edges of the Solar System
... as bright as Eris. DeeDee is described as being brighter than rocky bodies such as asteroids, and of typical classical Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) but as DeeDee is notably smaller than its ice-rich neighbour Eris, DeeDee is thought to be mainly made...
12 June 2020
New Horizon breaks record with first interstellar parallax experiment
... icy heart. It was also the first mission to explore the Kuiper Belt – the region beyond the giant planets also referred to as the ...astounding stereoscopic images of both Pluto and the remote Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth,” May said. “But the latest New...
20 March 2017
Scientists challenge how planets are defined
...to accept a new geophysical definition such as this to classify objects, then the number of planets in our Solar System would...gravity of Neptune and it shares its orbital neighbourhood with Kuiper belt objects. But, based on that last aspect it could ...
11 December 2018
Voyager 2 joins its twin in interstellar space
...end. This giant spherical shell surrounding the Sun, planets, and Kuiper Belt Objects stretches for around 100, 000AU. Given that one AU is...it doesn’t have a close encounter with an icy, rocky object big enough to take it out. “I think we’re all happy...
22 June 2016
Does a subsurface ocean exist on Pluto?
... ocean habitats so far from the sun on Pluto – and that the same could also be possible on other Kuiper belt objects as well – is absolutely incredible,” remarked Hammond.
25 May 2018
New research suggests Pluto could be one giant comet
... with the amount that would be expected if Pluto was formed by millions upon millions of comets or other Kuiper Belt objects smashing together. Nitrogen is expected to be a significant constituent of icy bodies orbiting far out beyond the giant...
