Additionally, 80% of the largest objects in the Kuiper Belt have a large object rotating ... could have played a crucial role in shaping the features we see on Pluto's surface today." ...

“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, it is able to ‘push’ Charon off, and Charon starts to slowly migrate out,” ...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin could revolutionize the space industry with its New Glenn rocket. Here's how it stacks up against SpaceX's Falcon 9.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and its moons vary widely in size, composition, and surface features ... thought to be objects from the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system ...

Trans-Neptunian objects are small bodies that orbit the Sun beyond Neptune, hanging out in regions like the Kuiper Belt and possibly much farther ... presents a direct connection between the spectral ...

For decades, astronomers suspected that Pluto and Charon formed through a process similar to Earth and the Moon. This theory, ...

Behind the planets in the solar system is the Kuiper Belt. An inventory of similar structures around other stars shows how unusual it is. A research team has used several telescopes to take images ...

These patterns were noticed in icy Kuiper Belt objects beyond Neptune. Scientists suggest these movements could indicate an unseen massive planet. The Kuiper Belt is a distant region of icy bodies.

What will 2025 bring from the final frontier? The rise of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite network will be one of the big ...