06 June 2018
New Horizons wakes up ready for next flyby
... get ready to meet its new target – a Kuiper belt object whose new nickname literally translates as ‘a distant place... on an extended mission to study the Kuiper belt environment by observing numerous Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) and Centaurs in unique ...
10 September 2018
IAU wrong about Pluto's planetary status say scientists
... whether this newcomer might instead be simply a wayward resident of a population of small, icy bodies that belong to the Kuiper belt; a ring of debris littered with objects of varying sizes that sit beyond the orbit of Neptune. Later, discoveries...
17 March 2017
Giant Jupiter-like planet gives a rare peek at alternative planet formation
... problem from the opposite view and wrote a software program called Superparticle-Method Algorithm for Collisions in Kuiper belts and debris disks, or SMACK for short, to see the effects that HD 106906b might have on the disk...
02 January 2019
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft makes history...again!
... Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland were thrilled to report they have a “healthy spacecraft” on the border of the Kuiper Belt. "New Horizons performed as planned, conducting the farthest exploration of any world in history — 4 billion miles from...
10 September 2021
Survey detects 461 Solar System objects not found before
... moon of its own called Dysnomia. The term TNO is used interchangeably with KBO, which stands for Kuiper Belt Object; the only difference is their distance from the Sun. Both types though are thought to be rocky...
October 2026
Redefining the edge of the solar system
... system ends, they will say well past the planets, well past the bright band of the Kuiper Belt where Pluto resides, and still further to a shadowy realm called the Oort Cloud. There, a trillion or so icy...
