This 'Kuiper Belt' of minor planets beyond Neptune revolutionised our understanding of the solar system's formation and finally explained the origin of the enigmatic outer planet Pluto. This is the ...
Since it explored Pluto in 2015 the New Horizons spacecraft has been zooming toward NASAs most distant target yet Join the mission team as the probe attempts to fly by Ultima Thule an object 4 ...
A new animation shows the orbits of hundreds of dwarf planets beyond Pluto. The astronomer who compiled the data says it may capture just a small fraction of dwarf planets in the solar system.