18 May 2016
Multi-planet system hints at extra planet in its cometary belt
...analogous to our own Kuiper belt, astronomers have made the first high-resolution image of a cometary belt around HR 8799, ...imply that the disc consists of an inner asteroid belt analogue, a planetesimal belt between 100 and 310 AU and a blowout grain...
06 April 2020
Planets can form second atmospheres rich in CO, new study shows
... atmosphere rich in carbon and oxygen. In the last few years, scientists have discovered that planetesimal belts similar to our Kuiper belt – disks of material filled with volatile-rich planetesimals – could be a staple feature around many stars...
15 September 2016
Scientists shed light on how our gas giants got their different rings
..., giant planets could have experienced a significant number of close encounters with bodies scattered from the primordial Kuiper Belt. In their simulations the team modelled how a close encounter of this kind resulted in the smaller body being...
03 February 2017
Astronomers spot a possible dwarf planet on the edges of the Solar System
...is not 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...
12 June 2020
New Horizon breaks record with first interstellar parallax experiment
...an 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 ...
04 June 2020
Mega constellations and their impact on astronomy
...such as those planned by SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’s proposed Project Kuiper, the answer to the world’s internet access problems? It ...life on our planet. It will also scan the Kuiper Belt to hopefully discover around 10,000 primitive objects that will...
