The New Horizons space probe and it is currently way, way out in space. And recently it was tasked with measuring just how ...

In 2015, after flying for 9 years and covering nearly 5 billion kilometers, the New Horizons spacecraft successfully flew ...

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 ...

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

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite of enhanced color images of Pluto and Charon taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft ...

For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could ...

In a report titled “The Destruction of NASA’s Mission,” Senate Democrats claim NASA is preemptively carrying out “devastating” cuts by order of the Trump administration.

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 ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar object to pass through our solar system, following the discovery of ...

More than 50 times further from the Sun than Earth, the tiny dwarf planet Makemake is one of the last places you'd expect to ...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sent back the last images of Pluto and Arrokoth before leaving them behind forever. This film shows the final views of these distant worlds. A Strange Gas-Pumping Defect ...

Hygiene Elementary students on Wednesday watched as Principal Renee Collier and teacher Maridee Moll, after lots of drum rolls, popped open a Pluto-themed time capsule that was sealed in 2016 as part ...