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more about #kuiperbelt laurelkornfeld001: Dwarf planets are planets too! Our solar system has 13 planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Haumea, M... more » gorehound: boy is it ever cold today on pluto. #space more » Kitradu: Kuiper Belt vs Kuyper Belt: Discuss... I'll begin, Kuiper Belt, what the Sun wears to the buffet. Kuyper Belt, what Reptile wears when not fighting ... more » J_Frank_Parnell: #space more » FrankenPC: I wonder how long it takes to transmit data from Pluto to Earth? #space more » -
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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 » -
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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 »
