Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered two new objects beyond Pluto for Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft to visit. Analysis of an initial 200 Hubble images, taken between June 16 and June 26, showed that at least two Kuiper Belt objects might be within range of New Horizons. "I am delighted that our initial investment of Hubble time paid off," Matt Mountain, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute that oversees Hubble science observations, was quoted as saying. New Horizons spacecraft, launched in 2006, is on track to become the first probe to visit Pluto in July 2015, some 4.7 billion miles from Earth in the Kuiper Belt.
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