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Kuiper Belt Object Found Possibly as Large as Pluto's Moon - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/kuiper-belt-object-found-possibly-as-large-as-plutos-moon

orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt roughly equal in size to Pluto's...5 min read Kuiper Belt Object Found Possibly as Large as...

Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud Lithograph - NASA
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Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud Lithograph - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/stem-content/kuiper-belt-and-oort-cloud-lithograph

Read facts about objects orbiting at the edge of the solar system. The front...features artist concepts of objects in the Kuiper Belt and the Oort...

NASA’s Hubble Telescope Finds Potential Kuiper Belt Targets for New Horizons Pluto Mission - NASA
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NASA’s Hubble Telescope Finds Potential Kuiper Belt Targets for New Horizons Pluto Mission - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-hubble-telescope-finds-potential-kuiper-belt-targets-for-new-horizons-pluto-mission

Telescope has uncovered three Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) the agency’s New...Hubble Telescope Finds Potential Kuiper Belt Targets for New Horizons...

A Prehistoric Puzzle in the Kuiper Belt - NASA
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A Prehistoric Puzzle in the Kuiper Belt - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/a-prehistoric-puzzle-in-the-kuiper-belt

read A Prehistoric Puzzle in the Kuiper Belt Tricia Talbert Mar 18, 2019 Article...Mysteries of Ultima Thule The farthest object ever explored is...

New Horizons’ Evocative Farewell Glance at Ultima Thule - NASA
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New Horizons’ Evocative Farewell Glance at Ultima Thule - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/new-horizons-evocative-farewell-glance-at-ultima-thule

offers a departing view of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) nicknamed Ultima Thule...the spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima...

Does New Horizons’ Next Target Have a Moon? - NASA
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Does New Horizons’ Next Target Have a Moon? - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/does-new-horizons-next-target-have-a-moon

Horizons’ next flyby target – a Kuiper Belt object a billion miles past Pluto —...attempted to track a small, distant Kuiper Belt object, 2014...

New Mysteries Surround New Horizons’ Next Flyby Target - NASA
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New Mysteries Surround New Horizons’ Next Flyby Target - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/new-mysteries-surround-new-horizons-next-flyby-target

New Year’s Day 2019, but the Kuiper Belt object, known as 2014 MU69, is already...New Year’s Day 2019, but the Kuiper Belt object, known as 2014...

NASA’s Webb To Examine Objects in the Graveyard of the Solar System - NASA
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NASA’s Webb To Examine Objects in the Graveyard of the Solar System - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasas-webb-to-examine-objects-in-the-graveyard-of-the-solar-system

relatively small objects dwells in a region called the Kuiper Belt....6 min read NASA’s Webb To Examine Objects in the Graveyard of the Solar...

Ultima Thule in 3D - NASA
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Ultima Thule in 3D - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/ultima-thule-in-3d

created new stereo views of the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule – the...created new stereo views of the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed...

Galileo's Observations of the Moon, Jupiter, Venus and the Sun
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Galileo's Observations of the Moon, Jupiter, Venus and the Sun

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/moon/galileos-observations-of-the-moon-jupiter-venus-and-the-sun

Galileo sparked the birth of modern astronomy with his observations of the Moon...Galileo sparked the birth of modern astronomy with his...

Hubble Witnesses Massive Comet-Like Object Pollute Atmosphere of a White Dwarf - NASA Science
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Hubble Witnesses Massive Comet-Like Object Pollute Atmosphere of a White Dwarf - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-witnesses-massive-comet-like-object-pollute-atmosphere-of-a-white-dwarf

Telescope have witnessed a massive object with the makeup of a comet being ripped...Hubble Witnesses Massive Comet-Like Object Pollute Atmosphere...

Arrokoth (2014 MU69) in Stereo - NASA Science
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Arrokoth (2014 MU69) in Stereo - NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/resource/arrokoth-2014-mu69-in-stereo

stereo (3D) glasses to reveal the Kuiper Belt object's three-dimensional shape...Research Institute/National Optical Astronomy Observatory...

NASA’s Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet - NASA
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NASA’s Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasas-webb-finds-water-and-a-new-mystery-in-rare-main-belt-comet

around a comet in the main asteroid belt for the first time, indicating that...Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet Tricia Talbert May...

Eris

https://science.nasa.gov/dwarf-planets/eris

clarify the definition of a planet. Pluto, Eris, and other similar objects are now...Mike Brown, a professor of planetary astronomy at the...

Alan Stern: World View Stratospheric Ballooning: Capabilities and Applications - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/ames-ocs/ocs-seminars/alan-stern

mission to the Pluto system and the Kuiper Belt....environment for atmospheric science, astronomy, education, and other scientific...mission to the...

Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More - NASA
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Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/webb/webb-looks-for-fomalhauts-asteroid-belt-and-finds-much-more

in order to study the first asteroid belt ever seen outside of our solar system...Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More NASA...

Astronauts Busy With Exercise Study, Satellite and Astronomy Work - NASA
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Astronauts Busy With Exercise Study, Satellite and Astronomy Work - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2018/08/24/astronauts-busy-with-exercise-study-satellite-and-astronomy-work

satellite operations and botany and astronomy gear. European Space Agency astronaut...Asteroids, Comets & Meteors The Kuiper Belt The Oort Cloud...

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 156: A New Era of X-ray Astronomy with IXPE - NASA
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Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 156: A New Era of X-ray Astronomy with IXPE - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/small-steps-giant-leaps/small-steps-giant-leaps-episode-156-a-new-era-of-x-ray-astronomy-with-ixpe

studying X-ray polarization from extreme objects like black holes and quasars....Asteroids, Comets & Meteors The Kuiper Belt The Oort Cloud...

NASA’s New Horizons Team Strikes Gold in Argentina - NASA
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NASA’s New Horizons Team Strikes Gold in Argentina - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasas-new-horizons-team-strikes-gold-in-argentina

A primitive solar system object that’s more than four billion miles (6.5 billion...2017 Article A primitive solar system object that’s more than...

Astronomy Gear Work and Muscle Scans on Tuesday’s Schedule - NASA
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Astronomy Gear Work and Muscle Scans on Tuesday’s Schedule - NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2017/09/19/astronomy-gear-work-and-muscle-scans-on-tuesdays-schedule

Expedition 53 crew worked on a variety of astronomy gear today that looks at meteors...Asteroids, Comets & Meteors The Kuiper Belt The Oort Cloud...

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