A new theory proposes that Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, was formed billions of years ago through a rare "kiss-and-capture" collision in the Kuiper Belt. This process involves two icy bodies ...

Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt are bodies smaller than planets that orbit the sun. Asteroids are composed of metals and rock, whereas comets also contain ice and dust. The Kuiper belt is a ...

A satellite-based Internet service from Amazon. The name comes from the Kuiper belt, an icy region outside the orbit of Neptune that was named after planetary scientist Gerard Kuiper. Announced in ...