By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has traveled so far from Earth that the relative position of the stars is beginning to shift — a fact that could help future spacecraft navigate the galaxy on their own.

And Back - The Super Soldiers Defending the Kuiper Belt On April 7, 2016, the team running NASA’s New Horizons mission were waiting nervously. The spacecraft was about to enter the outermost reaches ...

More than $10 billion in funds are included in Trump’s tax and spending bill for NASA programs previously targeted by the president after Sen. Ted Cruz led a Senate amendment to rescue them.

Sedna will reach its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, providing an exploration opportunity we won’t get for another ...

For millennia, the way we found our way home has been using the stars. The tech we have sent towards those stars also uses ...

Three new full-dome movies will highlight the July schedule at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium.

Our solar system is a pretty wild place, full of amazing stuff. From the giant Sun to the tiny rocks floating around, there’s ...

Atom RSS Feed Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt are bodies smaller than planets that orbit the sun. Asteroids are composed of metals and rock, whereas comets also contain ice and dust.

Read science articles on the Kuiper Belt, including the latest news on Pluto, Eris, Sedna, Quaoar and other Kuiper Belt objects.