We're Finally Learning More about MU69, the Strange, Flat Rock in the Outer Solar System
It will take some thinking to understand how MU69 ended up looking the way that it does.
It will take some thinking to understand how MU69 ended up looking the way that it does.
Critics of the proposed disk say more evidence is needed.
Pluto's unexpected chemical composition has confounded scientists for years, but a new theory may finally hold the answer.
Pluto's largest moon is littered with craters, deep crevices, valleys, and mountains—surface features that have now been given formal names.
Incredibly, the astronomers managed to capture not one but five occultations of MU69.
The solar system’s tilt has troubled astronomers for years, and they’ve been unable to come up with satisfactory explanations.
Recent observations of the distant object indicate a very reddish surface—possibly even redder than the splotches found on Pluto.
Quaoar blimey.
New Horizons made history when it captured the first detailed images of Pluto at the far edges of our solar system. Now, it’s set to go even further
Pluto may be long gone, but NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is by no means finished with the outer solar system.
A new study by European scientists imagines what this hypothetical planet might look like, revealing important insights as to how we might actually find it.
With Pluto receding into the distance, New Horizons is speeding merrily along toward its next destination: 2014 MU69, an ancient, frozen body located more than a billion miles beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt.
