Oddball dwarf planet Haumea has a ring0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 13, 2017
It’s the first object past Neptune in the solar system known to have debris circling it
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Something big is warping the outer solar system0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 6, 2017
The plane of our solar system is warped in the outer reaches of the Kuiper Belt, suggesting the presence of an unknown Mars-to-Earth-mass planetary object far beyond Pluto—but much closer than Planet Nine.
Mars-to-Earth-Mass Planet May Lurk in Outer Solar System: Planet 100
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 24, 2017
An unknown Mars-to-Earth-mass planet may lurk in the outer reaches of the Solar System.
White-Dwarf Solar System Discovered That Mirrors Ours –“Rich in Life’s Building Blocks”0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 14, 2017
a UCLA-led team of scientists reports that it has discovered the existence of a white dwarf star whose atmosphere is rich in carbon and nitrogen, as well as in oxygen and hydrogen, the components of water.
New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 2, 2017
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft completed a short propulsive maneuver Wednesday to refine its track toward a New Year’s Day 2019 flyby past 2014 MU69, a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) some 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) from Earth.
New Horizons Data From Pluto Finally Arrives, And Astronomers Are ‘Putting A Bow Around It’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 27, 2017
NASA’s New Horizons space probe has been busy the past few years. After traveling roughly 4.67 billion miles to reach the dwarf planet Pluto’s system in July of 2015, the spacecraft is now moving on to its next target, an object discovered in the Kuiper Belt by the Hubble Space Telescope in June of 2014 and dubbed 2014 MU69.
What It Would Be Like to Live On a Comet0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 27, 2016
Though ancient cultures often saw comets as harbingers of doom, the cosmic “dirty snowballs” are now viewed as important objects that could help scientists learn more about the early evolution of the solar system.
Tagish Lake meteorite may have come from Kuiper belt0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 17, 2016
Since it fell sixteen years ago, scientists have been looking closely at the Tagish Lake meteorite, and it is made up of different materials from other meteorites.
Planet 9: Closing In On The Mysterious Planet At The Edges Of Our Solar System0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 6, 2016
Planet 9, the hypothetical planet that lurks at the outskirts of our solar system, may be coming into focus in the near future, thanks to the efforts of scientists around the world. New theories are emerging about the potential location and even the possibility that there are two or more as yet undiscovered planets orbiting the sun beyond Neptune.
New Complex Molecules could form from Cosmic Rays0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 5, 2016
Models suggest cosmic rays can trigger reactions in interstellar ice balls causing formation of more complex molecules
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