NASA has selected Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture to help it resurrect a mission to send a robotic prospector called ...

In our nearby stellar neighborhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

At the vast edge of the solar system, Pluto has long been perceived as a cold and lonely dwarf planet. However, a recent ...

Traditional theories suggest that Pluto's formation process is similar to that of other celestial bodies in the Kuiper Belt, ...

While Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and Prime Video have become go-tos in the streaming era, we wanted to make sure there was truly ...

At a Seattle summit, space industry executives said AI and other tech trends are opening up new opportunities on the final ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

Pluto may have been demoted to non-planet status, but it still commands a court of five moons, as is fitting for the king of ...

The House committee met to discuss the commerce, justice, and science budget bill, which allocates funding to federal ...

Pluto, once considered the ninth planet, lies over 6 billion kilometers from Earth, making it one of the most difficult ...

Abstract: Free space optical communication systems on satellites require precise pointing, but mechanical micro-vibrations in the satellite platform can degrade the pointing. The actuator in the ...