Named after the icy Kuiper Belt extending from Neptune's orbit, the Project Kuiper constellation will work similarly to Starlink once all of the satellites arrive in low earth orbit. Although it ...
Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...
A Southwest Research Institute-led team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids ...
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...
Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast region of icy bodies that holds the secrets to the solar system’s formation.
In 2016, scientists Michael Brown and Konstantin Batygin suggested that an unseen Planet Nine could explain the unusual ...
The discovery of mysterious objects beyond the known Kuiper Belt could point to a complex structure at the edge of our Solar ...
Other organizations, naturally, have access to it as well, and that's how we now ended up with news of a potential second Kuiper Belt being present in our solar system. The Kuiper Belt is a term ...
The solar system has nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union declared Pluto a dwarf planet, making the ...
Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.