Outer Solar System

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This lab grows Pluto’s ices so New Horizons knows what it’s looking at

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Looking back before peering ahead: Pluto, an interactive timeline

Solar System

Astronomers recently discovered that Scholz’s star passed close to the Sun 70,000 years ago. Wouldn’t its gravity have sent Oort Cloud comets raining into the inner planets?

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Postage for Pluto: A 29-cent stamp pissed off scientists so much they tacked it to New Horizons

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Why didn’t Voyager visit Pluto?

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1992 QB1: The first Kuiper Belt object opened a realm of 1,000 Plutos

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Two Plutos collide in the outer solar system. What are the odds?

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System

Astronomers discover a young solar system around a nearby star

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The Kuiper Belt by any other name is just as cool

Exoplanets, Planets, Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

A much expected journey: How Pluto became a giant among the dwarfs

Solar System, Stars

A close call of 0.8 light-years

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System

Web Extra: A historic encounter with Pluto