Tag: Kuiper Belt

Washington: Astronomers have discovered an unusual carbon-rich asteroid in the Kuiper Belt — the first of its kind to be confirmed in the cold outer reaches of the solar system. This object, designated 2004 EW95, likely formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and has been flung billions of kilometres from its origin […]

Washington: NASAs New Horizons mission team has published the first image of the farthest world ever explored — a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object clicked during New Years 2019 flyby of Ultima Thule which looks like a human being in deep meditation. Called “2014 MU69”, the object — detailed of which are published in […]