Topic: Kuiper belt
NIRSpec Instrument Finds Water Around the Comet Read
The James Webb Space Telescope has made a groundbreaking discovery, uncovering the presence of water around a main belt comet in our solar system. Detection Using the James...
What is Planet Nine?
Planet Nine is a hypothetical planet that is said to be 10 times the size of the Earth and orbits far beyond Neptune a highly eccentric orbit around...
NASA renames Ultima Thule to ‘Arrokoth’
The US Space Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has recently renamed farthest cosmic body, earlier known as ‘Ultima Thule’ to ‘Arrokoth’ or Sky. NASA has renamed...
NASA’s New Horizons mission gets a brand-new name “Arrokoth”
The International Astronomical Union and Minor Planets Center, the global body for naming Kuiper Belt objects, has finally given a name for the most distant world ever explored... NASA renames faraway ice world Ultima Thule to ‘Arrokoth’
Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been renamed Arrokoth, or “sky” in the Native American Powhatan language, following a backlash over the...The researchers at NASA finds evidence of water, organics on Kuiper Belt object ‘Ultima Thule’
The researchers at NASA space agency has found evidence for a unique mixture of methanol, water ice, and organic molecules on the surface of Ultima Thule, which is... NASA: finds Evidence of Water on Ultima Thule
(486958) 2014 MU69, also known as Ultima Thule, is a small, distant celestial object located in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system beyond Neptune that...
NASA's New Horizon spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule
The New Horizon Spacecraft has flown past Ultima Thule, a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. This marks a new beginning in the era of exploration from...
