NASA's space snowman reveals secrets: few craters, no water
NASA's space snowman is revealing fresh secrets from its home far beyond Pluto.
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Resolving the planetesimal belt around HR8799
Planets develop from the dusty placental disk of material that surrounds a star after it begins to shine. The dust in that disk, according to most models, starts to stick to itself until clumps develop large enough to attract ...
Astronomy
Aug 15, 2016
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Scientists find evidence for early planetary shake-up
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute studied an unusual pair of asteroids and discovered that their existence points to an early planetary rearrangement in our solar system.
Astronomy
Sep 10, 2018
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The dwarf planet Quaoar
The vast Kuiper Belt, which orbits at the outer edge of our solar system, has been the site of many exciting discoveries in the past decade or so. Otherwise known as the Trans-Neptunian region, small bodies have been discovered ...
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2015
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NASA's Hubble telescope finds potential Kuiper belt targets for New Horizons Pluto mission
Peering out to the dim, outer reaches of our solar system, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered three Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) the agency's New Horizons spacecraft could potentially visit after it flies by Pluto ...
Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2014
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Scientist finds medium sized Kuiper belt object less dense than water
(Phys.org) —Michael Brown, a planetary scientist with California Institute of Technology, has found a medium sized object in the Kuiper belt (dubbed 2002 UX25) that doesn't appear to conform to theories of how such objects ...
Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the smallest object ever seen in visible light in the Kuiper Belt, a vast ring of icy debris that is encircling the outer rim of the solar system just beyond Neptune.
Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2009
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Dwarf planet Haumea's lunar system smaller than anticipated
Haumea, a dwarf planet on the edge of our solar system doesn't have the same kind of moons as its well-known cousin Pluto according to a new study. This is despite original evidence that suggested they both formed in similar ...
Space Exploration
May 16, 2016
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Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Odd X-Pattern of Trailing Debris
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. Astronomers have long thought that the ...
Astronomy
Feb 2, 2010
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New Horizons sights tiny Pluto moon as spacecraft races toward dwarf planet
Here's Hydra! The New Horizons team spotted the tiny moon of Pluto in July, about six months ahead of when they expected to. You can check it out in the images below. The find is exciting in itself, but it also bodes well ...
Space Exploration
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