A vast region of our solar system, called the Kuiper belt, stretches from the orbit of Neptune out to 50 or so astronomical ...

A newly discovered cluster of objects called the “inner kernel” of the Kuiper belt could teach us about the early history of ...

Fresh mapping of the outer solar system has revealed a previously unseen pattern in the Kuiper Belt, the icy ring of debris beyond Neptune that has long been treated as a relatively simple torus of ...

After seven years, Amazon’s satellite internet service now has an official name. After seven years, Amazon’s satellite internet service now has an official name. is a news writer covering all things ...

This video examines the controversial “20 and Back” narrative, which claims that soldiers serve secret twenty-year tours in ...

“Like most early Amazon projects, the program needed a code name, and the team began operating as “Project Kuiper”—inspired by the Kuiper Belt, a ring of asteroids in our outer solar system,” the ...

Amazon rebranded its Project Kuiper satellite communications offering to Amazon Leo, in what the company said is a simple nod to the low Earth orbit constellation that powers its network. In a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — The United Launch Alliance launched its Atlas V rocket as it carried Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites from Space Launch Complex-31 on Monday night. The Atlas V ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — The United Launch Alliance was preparing its Atlas V rocket to take up Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites on Wednesday night, but stood down due to weather ...

Far beyond Neptune, at the far outer rim of our Solar System, astronomers have spotted what looks like a hidden “structure” ...

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