NASA launched the New Horizons probe which would provide never-before-seen images of the dwarf planet, its moons and other objects.

Another significant contribution to the field came from the New Horizons mission, which provided the first close-up images of the small Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) known as Arrokoth. This flyby ...

On this date, Jan. 19, 2006, the first probe ever destined to visit Pluto, its moons and other Kuiper belt objects launched from Launch Complex 41 at what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

After visiting the Pluto-Charon system, New Horizons carried onward and flew past a Kuiper Belt object known as Arrokoth, which you can read about on NASA's website. Scott J. Kenyon and Benjamin C.

Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...

Behind the planets in the solar system is the Kuiper Belt. An inventory of similar structures around other stars shows how unusual it is.

Bill McKinnon (Washington University) will present, "What has NASA's New Horizons mission taught us about the formation of dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt?" EPL hosts weekly scientific seminars most ...

The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...