2014 MU69

Here's What the New Horizons Trip Found Beyond Pluto

By Jenn Loro - May 28, 2016 09:33 AM EDT

The New Horizons space mission has recently stumbled upon interesting discoveries beyond Pluto along the fringes of the solar system, the so-called Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs). After discovering the KBO named 1994 JR1, the scientists are setting their sights to another one called 2014 MU69 which would help explain the cosmic origins of our sun-centered planetary system.

NASA: New Horizons to Target Small Kuiper Belt Object

By R. Siva Kumar - Sep 01, 2015 02:41 PM EDT

The new target of New Horizons is a Pluto-like planet in the outer solar system.

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