A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...

"The universe is filled with a range of three-body systems, including the closest stars to Earth, the Alpha Centauri star ...

Scientists have discovered a potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt, the Altjira system, challenging planet-formation ...

The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, ...

Over the last 10 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken pictures of Altjira and a 2011 study found that it appears as ...

NASA scientists have discovered Altjira system, a group of 3 space rocks in Kuiper Belt, providing evidence for the theory of ...

After 17 years of observation, researchers are certain that what they thought was a group of two celestial bodies is actually ...

W. M. Keck Observatory’s laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system uses a laser to create an artificial star to measure for atmospheric distortions. This results in sharp, high-resolution ...

The Kuiper Belt is a vast region beyond Neptune filled with icy remnants from the early solar system. Over 3,000 KBOs have ...

The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, and has most recently been popularized in the novel and television show '3 ...