What’s Inside the Kuiper Belt? 🪐 Frozen Edge of Our Solar System #Space #Astronomy Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast icy region stretching from 30 to 55 astronomical units from the Sun. This distant disk contains comets, dwarf planets like Pluto, and frozen debris left over from the formation of our solar system. Studying the Kuiper Belt helps scientists understand how planets formed and how the outer solar system evolved over billions of years. #KuiperBelt #SolarSystem #SpaceScience

Hale Bopp's trajectory is stunning. Its greatest distance from the Sun (aphelion) will be about 370 astronomical units (AU). For comparison, Pluto is just 39 AU away from the Sun. | Cosmoknowledge