According to data from NASA's New Horizons , the Kuiper Belt may expand further out than we previously thought.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has uncovered an intriguing development. Having spent months speeding through the outer edges of the Kuiper Belt, the New Horizons has learned a good deal about the belt of debris that thrives on the edges of our solar system, including the fact it may extend billions of miles further than we thought. The Kuiper Belt, which lies around Pluto, is a massive component of our solar system.
Now, though, all evidence seems to suggest the outer edge of the belt is much bigger than we thought or that there might be an entire second belt we've never explored. It's an intriguing thought and one that continues to highlight just how vast space is and how little we know about it. The New Horizons continues to take direct measurements of interplanetary dust found beyond Neptune and Pluto.
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