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Colonizing the Kuiper Belt
We often discuss our future in the Asteroid Belt, and the glorious civilizations we might one day build there. However, it is ...
Scientists stunned after learning Pluto and its biggest moon collided billions of years ago: ‘Raises a lot of interesting questions’
They needed some space. New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of years ago in a ...
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Pluto May Have Won Its Moon Charon with a ‘Kiss’
Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing ...
"Kiss and capture": New theory explains how Pluto captured its biggest moon
“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, ...
New planet in our solar system? Scientists find hidden body 5-7 times size of Earth that orbits Sun in 20,000 years
Astronomers are searching for a potential ninth planet, known as Planet Nine, which could reshape our understanding of ...
'Kiss and capture': Scientists propose new explanation for Charon, Pluto's largest moon
Unlike Earth, where the Moon orbits the planet, Pluto and Charon orbit each other, forming a binary system that is more ...
Asteroids: School Students Make 11 New Discoveries
Among the finds is an object thought to be an asteroid from the main belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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Pluto may have ‘kissed’ Charon to capture it
New models reveal Pluto and Charon may have spent some of their early history locked together in an embrace after a grazing ...
The Year in Space: Amazon’s Project Kuiper revs up to join the megaconstellation market
What will 2025 bring from the final frontier? The rise of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite network will be one of the big ...