Potentially distinct structure in Kuiper belt discovered with help of clustering algorithm

A vast region of our solar system, called the Kuiper belt, stretches from the orbit of Neptune out to 50 or so astronomical ...
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Pluto Unveiled: Inside the Ice Mountains Volcanoes and Alien Oceans of a Distant World

New Horizons exposed Pluto as a surprisingly active world shaped by towering ice mountains, cryovolcanoes that erupt frozen mixtures instead of lava, and a possible hidden ocean sealed beneath a deep ...
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Pluto’s Fall from Planet: Status and the Secrets Hidden in Its Frozen Heart

For generations Pluto stood as the mythic ninth planet until a scientific revolution shattered that legacy and transformed it ...

Could We Actually Launch a Supervillain Into the Sun?

Tossing a bad guy into the Sun sounds simple enough, but orbital mechanics make it a far trickier task than you'd expect.
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A "Very Old, Undisturbed Structure" May Have Been Discovered Beyond The Orbit Of Neptune, 43 AU From The Sun

"Similar to the asteroid belt, the Kuiper Belt is a region of leftovers from the solar system's early history. Like the ...
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Astronomer Explores Possibility of Launching Bad People Into Sun

If, for some reason, we as a society executed villains by firing them into the Sun, this is how an astronomers says we would ...

How Pluto captured a moon almost its own size

Pluto's largest moon, Charon, likely formed through a capture event in the early, crowded Kuiper Belt. Three-body encounters ...
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How did Pluto capture its largest moon, Charon?

"The Pluto flyby happened, and I was in the right place at the right time - perfectly positioned to fall in love with it," ...