Kuiper Belt

Carey Lisse, an instrument scientist on the New Horizons science team reacts after the team received confirmation from the spacecraft that it has completed the flyby of Pluto, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Interview: New Horizons’ Kuiper Belt encounter

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Missing link of planetary formation discovered

Ultima-Thule

What has New Horizons found at Ultima Thule?

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Interview: Ramy El-Maarry, New Horizons scientist

An eye-shaped nebula, the remains of a star forming molecular cloud that is being torn apart by the supergiant at it's center. The glowing parts of the planet's atmosphere in the lower left are portions of atmosphere that were ionized either because of meteorite impacts or massive volcanic eruptions. This is a young planetary system, still in the heavy bombardment stage of its formation, so impacts are still very common. The ring of glowing debris around the planet are the remains of it's other moons, which were obliterated in a series of collisions.

How did the Solar System form?

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Mars-like object detected in outer Solar System

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New Horizons heads for Kuiper Belt object

An artist’s impression of a comet-like object falling towards a white dwarf Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levy (STScI)

Halley-like comet destroyed by white dwarf

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New dwarf planet discovered in Kuiper Belt

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Cheltenham Science Festival: The Kuiper Belt