New Horizons is on its way to new discoveries deep in the Kuiper Belt - a region inhabited by ancient remnants from the dawn of the solar system.
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A Close Encounter With Jupiter
A close encounter with Jupiter.The Solar System's largest planet will be brighter and nearer to Earth than at any time in the past several years.
As the Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, new discoveries about the giant planet continue to be made.
Quantum Foam
If we could look at the fabric of space and time on incredibly small scales, some have suggested that we would see a churning, tumultuous environment called the "quantum foam." But what is it?
Weird Planets
Once, astronomers thought planets couldn't form around binary stars. Now Kepler has found a whole system of planets orbiting a double star.
This finding shows that planetary systems are weirder and more abundant than previously thought
