Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...

For decades, Pluto was celebrated as the ninth planet of our solar system. However, in 2006, the International Astronomical ...

As they separated and this icy kiss ended, the team thinks that ... "The first is looking at how this applies to the other large Kuiper Belt Objects with large moons, like Eris and Dysnomia ...

Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) are celestial bodies located in the outer solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune. This region, known as the Kuiper Belt, is home to a diverse array of icy bodies ...

Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

On this date, Jan. 19, 2006, the first probe ever destined to visit Pluto, its moons and other Kuiper belt objects launched from ... its nine-year journey to the icy dwarf planet.

Rings of comets have been discovered around 74 alien star systems, revealing not only the existence of trillions of icy exocomets ... of a 'belt' like our solar system's Edgeworth–Kuiper ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique ... mysterious since no similar feature is seen on any other icy object in the solar system. One possibility is that Pluto ...

because eight of the 10 largest Kuiper Belt objects are similar to Pluto and Charon.” For more on this research, see “Kiss and Capture:” The Icy Collision That Bound Pluto and Charon Forever.