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    10 THINGS December 14

    Get Up to Speed the Kuiper Belt

    It's vast and mysterious, cold and dark. It's a place we've only just begun to explore, but it holds important clues to the origins of our solar system. In advance of NASA's New Horizons encounter with a denizen of this vast region of our solar system, here are 10 things to know about the Kuiper Belt.

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    To Ultima and Beyond

    What do we call the things we have not explored yet? 

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    Bennu's Journey

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    2018
    Animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system.
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