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New Kuiper Belt Cluster Discovered 4 Billion Miles Away

12/30/2025

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Astronomers led by Amir Siraj of Princeton University have discovered a new cluster of Kuiper belt objects located 4 billion miles from the Sun.
The team identified the cluster using the clustering method DBSCAN.
The Kuiper belt objects exhibit low and orderly orbits.
The study was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters to emphasize precise data collection.

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Astronomers led by Amir Siraj of Princeton University have discovered a new cluster of Kuiper belt objects located 4 billion miles from the Sun.
The team identified the cluster using the clustering method DBSCAN.
The Kuiper belt objects exhibit low and orderly orbits.
The study was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters to emphasize precise data collection.