Tag Archives: Kuiper Belt

Why you should care about the New Horizons probe nearing Pluto

Posted on May 30, 2015 by

The Wire May 29, 2015 https://twitter.com/Alex_Parker/status/603533857523044352 Alex Parker is a planetary astronomer at the Southwest Research Institute, Texas, and he posted his tweet just as I started writing this piece. And not just for Parker – it’s an exciting time for everyone, an … Continue reading →

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For planets, one thing leads to another

Posted on August 7, 2014 by

One of the biggest benefits of being a journalist is that you become aware of interesting things from various fields. As a science journalist, the ambit is narrowed but the interestingness, not at all. And one of the most interesting … Continue reading →

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Studying our primal horizons at the Kuiper belt

Posted on June 20, 2014 by

In August this year, the New Horizons spacecraft will cross into the region of space beyond Neptune’s orbit. It won’t be the first human object to go this far: the two Voyager space probes have already done that, and then Pioneer … Continue reading →

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The secrets of how planets form

Posted on May 5, 2014 by

Astronomers who were measuring the length of one day on an exoplanet for the first time were in for a surprise: it was shorter than any planet’s in the Solar System. Beta Pictoris b, orbiting the star Beta Pictoris, has … Continue reading →

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