Kuiper belt

New Worlds Discovered Beyond Neptune

New unusual rocks were discovered in the Kuiper Belt which orbits is similar with that of Neptune.

NASA Sails Ahead at Full Speed in Solar System Exploration

NASA revealed last Friday, that the agency will sail at full speed in terms of space exploration while waiting for the Jupiter's up close encounter courtesy of Juno on Aug.27.

NASA Shows What It Is like to Land on Pluto in New Video to Celebrate Pluto Flyby Anniversary

NASA released a simulation video that shows the point-of-view of a spacecraft landing on Pluto. The video was created using 100 images captured by the New Horizons spacecraft taken within a span of six weeks during the spacecraft's approach to the dwarf planet during its flyby in 2015.

New Dwarf Planet Found Beyond Pluto

A new dwarf planet has been discovered out in the far reaches of the solar system, past Neptune and Pluto. The discovery has been designated "2015 RR245" by the International Astronomical Union.

NASA's New Horizons to Explore More Kuiper Belt Objects Beyond Pluto

The New Horizons spacecraft will perform a flyby on an another object within the Kuiper belt that orbits the sun one billion tmiles farther than Pluto.

Makemake's 'Alien Moon' Discovered at Kuiper Belt

The Kuiper Belt is located on the edge of the Solar System populated by four dwarf planets. One of which called Makemake was discovered orbited by an alien dark moon who had long been undetected.

NASA's New Horizons Discovers Mysterious World Beyond Pluto

After its Pluto flyby on July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons space probe is not stopping its interstellar discovery. Recently, the spacecraft has made a stunning discovery -- a mysterious space rock beyond Pluto.

Pluto Has Blue Skies? New Horizons Releases New Images

It could be an optimistic image, or it could just be how light scatters. But it's still amazing to know that Pluto has a blue atmospheric haze and that it has areas of water ice, as New Horizons images recently revealed.