- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 28th, 2015
After Historic Pluto Flyby, New Horizons Zooms In on Another Target
NASA wants the probe to visit an object in the Kuiper belt
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- December 8th, 2014
NASA's Pluto-Bound New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes Up from 1,873-Day Slumber
The spacecraft came out of hibernation this past December 6, is expected to begin researching Pluto in January 2015
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 15th, 2014
New Dwarf Planet Could Reveal How Life Arose on Earth
The object was discovered at the end of last month
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 27th, 2012
Saturnine Moon Phoebe Is a Planetary Embryo
It originally formed in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Pluto
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 20th, 2011
'Snow White' May Have an Atmosphere of Its Own
The alien world lies just beyond the orbit of Neptune
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 4th, 2011
Hourglass-Shaped Object Revealed in Kuiper Belt
The space rock looks more or less like a propeller
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 4th, 2010
Outer Solar System Could House Earth-Sized Planets
But telescopes currently have no chance of seeing them
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