NASA science article on this newly discovered Kuiper object.

An article on a large object in the Kuiper Belt that may be the tenth planet.

A description of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, a systematic search for Kuiper Belt Objects using large telescopes.

Frequently Asked Questions About Quaoar

From the National Optical Astronomy Observatory Newsletter

The Newsletter is dedicated to the dissemination of research relevant to the Kuiper belt. The goal is to provide researchers with easy and rapid access to current observational and theoretical studies of the Kuiper belt, directly related objects, and other areas of research.

Recent and past issues of the Distant EKOs Newsletter, a review of the science and current events surrounding Kuiper Belt Objects

European Southern Observatory images of 2001 KX76

Size comparison of 2001 KX76 and other known objects. From NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Guide to KBOs and recent research by Dr. David Jewitt of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy

Basic information on the Kuiper Belt from ORRERY: the solar system in action.

Lists currently known transneptunian objects, also known as Kuiper Belt Objects. Updated daily.

The official home page of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, an initial reconaissance of the Kuiper Belt

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has joined a team led by the Southwest Research Institute to begin design studies for what could be the first spacecraft to visit PLuto and the Kuiper Belt.

Astronomers have discovered the largest object in the solar system since Pluto was named the ninth planet in 1930.

On Monday, February 4, on what would have been the 96th birthday of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde W. Tombaugh, NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission team announced the dedication of its Science Operations Center in his honor.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has measured Quaoar and found it to be 1300 km wide.

Scientists are finally preparing to send a spacecraft to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, the last unexplored region of our planetary system. By S. Alan Stern

The Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of a puzzling new class of solar system object that might be called a Pluto "mini-me."

This page lists acronyms and definitions of terms used in Kuiper belt research.

Primer on objects in the outer solar system from The Nine Planets multimedia tour of the solar system.

Offers a collection of articles on the discovery of the tenth planet, 2003 UB313.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of an intriguing new class of solar system objects -- dim and fleeting objects that travel in pairs in the frigid, mysterious outer realm of the solar system called the Kuiper Belt.