Man has long been fascinated by the possible answer to the question as to what lies beyond our close neighbouring planets of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.

NASA has been in the forefront of such technology with many of their satellites traversing vast distances and time, yet still capable of sending data and images back to "Mother Earth" many years after their launch.

More recently, in November 2007, the NASA Dawn mission blasted off to study the Kuiper Asteroid belt but in particular, Ceres and Vesta, in the hope that conditions found will shed light on how our planet has evolved, but more importantly how the Solar System has developed.

Having completed a fly-by of Pluto in July 2015, a New Horizons Space craft has in its sights, an object even further away from our Sun than Pluto, close to the start of the Kuiper Belt which lies roughly twice the distance of Pluto to our Sun - a phenomenal distance where it is believed a small planet exists which has been given the name ‘Ultima Thule.’ NASA believes that entry into the Kuiper belt will occur on the first of January 2019.

The guest speaker for the next Society meeting is Chris Starr (FRAS. FBIS.) who will update members and who is a Space activist, writer and speaker. He previously worked at an international school in Switzerland prior to returning to the UK, where he founded the Wells & Somerset Astronomers in Somerset, of which he is the Chairman.

The meeting starts at 19:30 on Monday, November 26, and everyone and anyone is welcome to attend this open meeting, arranged by the Abergavenny Astronomy Soc. No knowledge is necessary, just an interest in Astronomy.

The venue is at: The King’s Head Public House, 59 Cross Street, Abergavenny, NP7 5EU.

For further information from Press Officer for Abergavenny Astronomy Society via Michael Skidmore on 07860237513.