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Mysterious Planet Nine is Probably Causing our Solar System to Wobble

The new research led by Bailey is based on the observation the sun rotates on a different axis than the orbits of the planets.

This mosaic strip – extending across the hemisphere that faced the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015 – now includes all of the highest-resolution images taken by the NASA probe

Watch This Strip of Pluto's Amazing, Detailed Surface

This detailed mosaic strip spanning 10 miles in width reveals the changing complex terrain of the mysterious dwarf planet, Pluto.

Might not happen

New Horizons' Bid to Explore 2014 MU69 in Kuiper Belt Endangered by NASA

The flyby is should take place on New Year's Eve 2018

Above, the first two of the 20 observations that New Horizons made of 1994 JR1 in April 2016.

New Horizons Reveals First Images of Mysterious Icy Object After Pluto

New findings from New Horizons reveal the first Kuiper Belt object that the spacecraft investigated after Pluto.

Makemake and its moon, MK2.

Black Moon of Dwarf Planet Makemake Christened MK2

What scientists find odd about MK 2 is that it's an extremely dark moon with a reflectivity like charcoal.

New Horizons spacecraft

New Horizons Just Three Months Away from Pluto

New Horizons is the fastest spacecraft ever launched.

Pluto

What You Need to Know about Pluto

Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator shares his insights and enlightens the public before the probe reaches Pluto for the first time.

New Horizons spacecraft

Spacecraft to Study Icy Pluto Wakes Up Today; Good Morning New Horizons!

Scientists will get clearer images of Pluto.

The Kuiper Belt is similar to an asteroid belt where it is larger in diameter and holds one billion icy objects

New Horizons Spacecraft Almost Near Pluto; Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Objects to Study

As the New Horizons spacecraft edges closer to Pluto, it will also study three icy objects found in the Kuiper Belt region.

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