Kuiper belt
January 21, 2016
The solar system appears to have a new ninth planet. Today, two scientists announced evidence that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen—orbits […]
January 20, 2016
Astronomers really want to know what’s happening around a star that’s 1,480 light-years away. In October, astronomers floated the idea that the star KIC 8462852 could […]
November 1, 2015
Hello again. Last time we looked at the amazing satellites surrounding Pluto. This time around we’ll take a look at the moons of the rest of […]
October 25, 2015
An image of Kerberos, one of the two tiny moons of Pluto, has finally been returned by the US space agency’s New Horizons probe. It shows […]
September 3, 2015
Hello again. Last time we looked at the amazing satellites surrounding Neptune. This time around we’ll take a look at the moons of some of the […]
August 31, 2015
Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft has a new target to aim for following its historic flyby of Pluto. It is called 2014 MU69, and was one of […]
July 27, 2015
With New Horizons’ flyby of Pluto, spacecraft launched by humans have now visited the nine biggest planets (dwarf or otherwise) orbiting the sun. Publications such as […]
July 19, 2015
Science is hard and good science is harder — it takes persistence and tons of patience. When we began planning a mission to Pluto over 15 […]
July 14, 2015
As a spacecraft passes Pluto for the first time, the first close-up photos of the relatively unknown dwarf planet will be broadcasted to the world. After […]