
The Super Soldiers Defending the Kuiper Belt
On April 7, 2016, the team running NASA’s New Horizons mission were waiting nervously. The spacecraft was about to enter the outermost reaches of our solar system. They’d aimed toward Pluto. Which lives in a region of the solar system called the Kuiper Belt. Just before arriving at the dwarf planet, the team noticed an object nearby. And it was … Continue reading

NASA Will Awaken New Horizon Craft In September; Will Travel To Mysterious MU69
Nasa is to wake up its New Horizons spacecraft next month following a five month hibernation, ahead of a journey deeper into one of the most mysterious regions of the Solar System. New Horizons, which captured incredible images of Pluto in July 2015, was powered down in April to conserve energy as it travelled through the Kuiper Belt, a vast … Continue reading

Discovery of The Icy World L91 May Prove Planet Nine Exists
Astronomers have discovered a new small icy world that’s acting like no solar system object – planet, dwarf, asteroid or otherwise – has ever acted before. It’s so strange, they can’t even decide whether to blame its odd orbit on Neptune or the yet-unproven Planet Nine. Have they discovered the solar system’s missing link? “It’s right at the limit of … Continue reading