• Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 28th, 2015
After Historic Pluto Flyby, New Horizons Zooms In on Another Target

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

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

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

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

'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

Hourglass-Shaped Object Revealed in Kuiper Belt

The space rock looks more or less like a propeller

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 14th, 2011
Haumea Is Covered with Ice

Haumea Is Covered with Ice

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 19th, 2011
New Horizons Crosses Orbit of Uranus

New Horizons Crosses Orbit of Uranus

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 17th, 2010
New Horizons Getting Ready for Uranus Flyby

New Horizons Getting Ready for Uranus Flyby

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2010
Dark Jupiter May Be New Solar System Planet

Dark Jupiter May Be New Solar System Planet

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2010
Pluto May Be Larger than Eris

Pluto May Be Larger than Eris

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 4th, 2010
Outer Solar System Could House Earth-Sized Planets

Outer Solar System Could House Earth-Sized Planets

But telescopes currently have no chance of seeing them

 
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