<![CDATA[io9: Kuiper Belt]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Kuiper Belt]]> http://io9.com/tag/kuiper belt http://io9.com/tag/kuiper belt <![CDATA[Three Potential New Dwarf Planets Discovered Near Pluto]]> The Kuiper Belt, the vast asteroid belt of ice and rock that lies beyond Neptune, is home to three objects big enough to be considered dwarf planets: Haumea, Makemake, and our old friend Pluto. And now, we might have found three more. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5828589&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Stigler's Law: Why nothing in science is ever named after its actual discoverer]]> Do you want your share of scientific immortality? You can devote your life to mastering your field, examining the mysteries of the universe, and then finally arriving at one great discovery...but according to Stigler's Law, you won't get the credit. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5820736&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Could there be life in the Kuiper Belt?]]> Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a massive asteroid belt twenty times the size of the one between Mars and Jupiter. In this frigid, unforgiving environment, organic molecules might still survive, suggesting life's building blocks are everywhere in the universe. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5678849&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Alien astronomers could spot Neptune through the cosmic dust...but maybe not Earth]]> Any alien astronomers searching for life-supporting exoplanets could be in for a disappointment if they look at our solar system - the massive amount of dust in the outer solar system could make all the planets except Neptune effectively invisible. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5646256&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[When We Reach Pluto, The Adventure Will Just Be Beginning]]> In 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will reach Pluto and its frosty moon, Charon. But the journey of discovery will just be beginning, as New Horizons ventures out into the Kuiper Belt, made up of icy bodies just like Pluto. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403489&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Dawn in the Oort Cloud]]> If you're wondering about the sunny view from the Oort Cloud, that vast sphere of debris that surrounds our solar system, here it is. As we told you yesterday, scientists now believe this remote, cold region might house another Earth-like planet. Only it would be frozen. Want to travel a little closer to the sun, and watch Jupiter rising over its frozen moon Europa? More »
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