The universe is full of unknown celestial objects, and scientists have only begun to scratch the surface of understanding ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...

Amazon's next group of Kuiper satellites could soon reach orbit, propelling the company closer to providing internet to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

The Kuiper Belt itself is named after the late Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper, widely considered to be the father of modern planetary science. Where is Project Kuiper located?

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has successfully conducted the first-ever deep space stellar navigation test, while traversing the Kuiper Belt.

Scientists believe that Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) are primitive and icy remnants from the early days of the solar system, about 4.5 billion years ago.

There are also a few other hang-ups, as these Kuiper Belt bodies can become unstable during their journey toward the inner Solar System, and such a catastrophic impact on Mars could instigate ...

Amazon has sent more Kuiper craft into space as it looks to deploy a satellite constellation that rivals Starlink, a service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.