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\|	\|	www.space.com 3 Small, Icy Worlds Discovered in Pluto's Territory \| Space	0.9 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	The three new bodies, likely dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris, reside in the Kuiper Belt, in the outer solar system. Even larger bodies - some as large as Mars or Earth - may exist even farther away from the sun, far beyond Pluto's orbit.	0.9 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	spaceplace.nasa.gov What Is the Kuiper Belt? \| NASA Space Place - NASA Science for Kids	0.9 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	The icy bits past Neptune's orbit	0.9 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.sciencenews.org The discovery of the Kuiper Belt revamped our view of the solar system	1.0 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	Thirty years ago, astronomers found the Kuiper Belt, a region of space home to Pluto and other icy worlds that helped show how the solar system evolved.	1.0 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.space.com This dwarf planet has gas: Makemake's methane surprises scientists \| Space	7.1 parsecs away Travel
\|		The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a dynamic icy world.	7.1 parsecs away Travel