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    2. Kuiper Belt

    Kuiper Belt

    Artist's impression of the view from a Kuiper Belt Object. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
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    How astronomers weighed the Kuiper Belt

    Artist's impression of the New Horizons spacecraft. Credit: NASA
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    New Horizons What next for the Kuiper Belt mission?

    A computer model of the Kuiper Belt. Credit: NASA
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    What is the Kuiper Belt?

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    Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth. Credit: ASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
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    New Horizons flyby reveals critical clues about planetary formation

    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)
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    Interview New Horizons' Kuiper Belt encounter

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    Missing link of planetary formation discovered

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    What has New Horizons found at Ultima Thule?

    Remote observations have suggested that Ultima Thule has a lumpy shape, or could even be two bodies in orbit around each other. Image Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Steve Gribben
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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.
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    How did the Solar System form?

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    An artist's impression of what a planetary body with the same mass of Mars might look like. One is thought to be orbiting the outer edges of the Solar System. Image Credit: Heather Roper/LPL
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    Mars-like object detected in outer Solar System

    Observers Kai Getrost and Alex Parker waiting to collect 2014 MU69 occultation data in Argentina on 3 June 2017. Image Credit: Kai Getrost
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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)
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    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

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