Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts off for thousands of years.

Sedna, a distant dwarf planet three-quarters the size of Pluto, is inching toward the brightest star in our sky — and in 2076 ...

A company has engineered a rocket powered by fuel from the stars. With its 500,000 MPH potential, this rocket will take us to ...

NASA and USGS are mapping critical minerals in the American West using airborne sensors to help reduce U.S. reliance on ...

NASA instruments and aircraft are helping identify potential sources of critical minerals across vast swaths of California, ...

Sedna will reach its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, providing a remarkable space-faring opportunity that won’t come again for another 11,400 years.

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, speeding through our celestial neighborhood.

For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...

It was one of the most ambitious missions for NASA since the turn of the century, with photos reshaping what scientists know ...

It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

Pluto and its Moon Charon were captured on June 25, 2015, in the highest resolution to that date by New Horizons. Nearly a decade after launch, the probe is due to fly closest by Pluto on July 14.

NASA tested a new SLS booster that may never fly, and the end of it blew off NASA didn't want to say much about one of the tests, and the other one lost its nozzle.