Bellingham astronomer studying the edge of our solar system for New Horizons space probe

Research by Alex Parker of Bellingham could shed light on how our solar system developed.
Not bad for a 24-year-old fresh out of school.
Parker recently finished his doctoral work in astronomy at the University of Victoria, B.C., and landed a research job at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass.
The center is a joint venture by Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution to, in its own words, "determine the nature and evolution of the universe."