The discovery could also challenge our understanding of how Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) form. If it is confirmed as a triplet, ...

"This object is intrinsically the brightest Kuiper Belt Object (KBO ... Because of the distance, darkness and diminutiveness of KBOs, astronomers must calculate their diameters based on how ...

One part of this plan would require increasing the planet’s atmospheric pressure, and one scientist suggests that capturing celestial objects from the Kuiper Belt—which are full of the ...

Amazon's Project Kuiper was expected to send its first batch of satellites to space, a big step in its mission to launch ...

Pluto also sits within a larger field of objects surrounding the solar system called the Kuiper Belt. Other dwarf planets in the region have been discovered in the years since Pluto’s ...

I perform observational research on Kuiper Belt Objects. And I had the privilege to intern at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory working on radical chemistry on KBOs. But I have strong interesting in ...

Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt are bodies smaller than planets that orbit the sun. Asteroids are composed of metals and rock, whereas comets also contain ice and dust. The Kuiper belt is a ...