For this, astronomers used two facilities: the Submillimeter Array (SMA), CfA's eight-dish collection of radio telescopes in ...

Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Discover the real reason behind Pluto’s reclassification as a dwarf planet and the science that led to this change.

Pluto isn't alone—it's part of the Kuiper Belt with possibly hundreds of other planet-sized objects. Because Pluto hasn't ...

Amazon is suing a Washington state agency to block the release of sensitive Project Kuiper documents requested by The Washington Post, citing trade secrets and employee privacy concerns. Listen to ...

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 ...

It was announced today that the weatherfront set to batter the UK on Friday, January 25, has been named Storm Éowyn. While most people will be concerned with the disruption it will cause, others ...

Behind the planets in the solar system is the Kuiper Belt. An inventory of similar structures around other stars shows how unusual it is. A research team has used several telescopes to take images ...

Some are narrow rings, as in the canonical picture of a 'belt' like our Solar System's Edgeworth-Kuiper belt. But a larger number of them are wide, and probably better described as 'disks' rather ...

You can opt out of the Microsoft 365 price rise – if you're willing to forgo the new AI tools – but Consumer says that choice is hidden. Image / 123rf ...

Meanwhile, the most sought-after collaboration of the last year came when Tibi added a men’s belt to L.L.Bean’s $40 Boat and Tote and raised the price tenfold. Likewise, luxury department ...

A new theory proposes that Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, was formed billions of years ago through a rare "kiss-and-capture" collision in the Kuiper Belt. This process involves two icy bodies ...

Pluto is probably best known for being a demoted planet. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stripped it of its ...