This cosmic drama offers a unique glimpse into the future fate of our own Solar system and highlights the power of Hubble’s ultraviolet vision to probe stellar remains that would otherwise go ...
NASA’s New Horizons mission changed our understanding of the outer solar system. After its famous Pluto flyby, it traveled ...
University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...
Traditional theories suggest that Pluto's formation process is similar to that of other celestial bodies in the Kuiper Belt, ...
Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...
The House committee met to discuss the commerce, justice, and science budget bill, which allocates funding to federal ...
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That's Why It's Impossible to Reach Pluto

Pluto, once considered the ninth planet, lies over 6 billion kilometers from Earth, making it one of the most difficult ...
That night, I was originally planning to browse through some old NASA photos for inspiration, but I stumbled upon a forum ...
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS spacecraft close flyby SwRI mission has gained global attention. Scientists propose a mission to ...
It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them." The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have ...
Discover how astronomers use stellar parallax to navigate spacecraft in deep space without relying on Earth-based beacons.
On September 5, 1977, the power situation was a good deal healthier when the mission got underway. Launched just over two weeks after Voyager 2, Voyager 1 was scheduled to make flybys of Jupiter and ...