New Horizons Needs Hubble To Find A Kuiper Belt Target

As the $700 million New Horizons probe approaches its July 2015 encounter with Pluto, scientists back on Earth are worried that a priceless chance to study a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) beyond it may be slipping away. Even with the most capable ground-based telescopes, a New Horizons search team has...

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