New Horizons' Next Target May Resemble Rosetta's Comet 67P Or Be A Binary Pair

By Mike Killian, on August 3rd, 2017

One artist’s concept of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, the next flyby target for NASA’s New Horizons mission. This binary concept is based on telescope observations made at Patagonia, Argentina on July 17, 2017 when MU69 passed in front of a star. New Horizons theorize that it could be a single body with […]

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New Horizons Team Successfully Observes Transit of Next KBO Target, and Clouds on Pluto!

By Paul Scott Anderson, on June 20th, 2017

Four members of the South African observation team, who helped to track the occultation of a star by the KBO called 2014 MU69, the next target for the New Horizons spacecraft. Photo Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Henry Throop

With the Pluto flyby now well behind them, the New Horizons team has been busy preparing for the […]

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