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 ...

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.

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 ...

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

Researchers use the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii to find a small object on the outer edge of the Solar System. Nicknamed ...

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.