Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

Today, let's talk about New Horizons. This spacecraft is truly impressive, having recently completed a deep space star navigation test. You might wonder, what is the use of deep space navigation? It's ...

On Episode 176 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Alan Stern to talk about what's next in deep ...

Scientists have discovered methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, a finding that has surprised astronomers studying the outer solar system.

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

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 ...

Traditional theories suggest that Pluto's formation process is similar to that of other celestial bodies in the Kuiper Belt, gradually forming from ice and rock in a low-temperature environment. The ...

NASA’s New Horizons mission changed our understanding of the outer solar system. After its famous Pluto flyby, it traveled ...

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has shown support for several endangered NASA missions, potentially reviving key planetary science projects.

President Trump’s proposed NASA budget looks to drop 41 science missions including 19 that are operational in space. The new ...

Oumuamua, the first interstellar object detected in 2017, is most likely a fragment of a Pluto-like body. Scientists believe it was flung out of the solar system billions of years ago during its ...

New developments in nuclear thermal propulsion technologies may soon enable advanced space missions to the farthest reaches of the solar ...