NASA launched a spacecraft to Pluto! New Horizons is a spacecraft about the size of a grand piano, and it became the first ...

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

In 2011, the 30-year space shuttle program ended as Atlantis touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. With five shuttles ...

Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...

Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan parted ways early Wednesday after being launched on the ...

This week, uncover some of the oldest ice on Earth, follow a dinosaur highway, learn how Pluto sealed the capture of its moon ...

New study reveals Pluto and Charon’s origin: a unique "kiss and capture" collision redefines how binary systems form.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Jan. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lowell Observatory is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gerard van ...

Billions of years ago, two icy worlds—Pluto and Chron—collided in the farthest reaches of our solar system. But rather than ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...