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Planet Y May Be Closer Than Planet Nine, Study Suggests
A fresh study of the Kuiper Belt’s structure has revived that far-out question, pointing to a possible Earth-sized ...
A team of astronomers working in Canada, France and the United States have discovered an unusual small body orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune, in the region astronomers call the Kuiper belt. This new ...
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Planet Y: A Hidden Earth-Size World Could Lurk Far Closer Than 'Planet Nine'
A newly discovered warp in the outer Solar System may have been created by a small, rocky world, much closer to the Sun than ...
A new study from BYU professor of physics and astronomy Darin Ragozzine and former undergraduate student Maia Nelsen provides new insight into the structure of objects in the Kuiper Belt. Using data ...
One hundred years ago today, Dutch-American astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper was born in Harenscarpel, The Netherlands. Just over one month from now, NASA plans to launch its first mission, New Horizons, ...
The powerful space telescope zoomed in on Mors-Somnus, a binary pair of icy asteroids that originated within the Kuiper Belt. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn't by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by the vote of the International Astronomical Union, which declared that Pluto, considered the ...
The recent identification and reports of the comet 3I/ATLAS has sparked widespread interest among astronomers, space agencies ...
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930; however, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reclassified it as a dwarf planet, a decision sparking debate among astronomers and planetary ...
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