NASA’s Webb Just Found Something Unexpected Beyond Neptune
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...
Chunks of Alpha Centauri—Our Closest Stellar Neighbor—Might Have Already Reached Us
A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...
Planetary alignment happening in February: Planets make 'string' across California skies
Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...
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See Leonard Nimoy’s son, Adam, at I Heart Pluto Festival in Flagstaff
The "Star Trek" legend's only son will discuss his memoir at the annual space-themed event.
How space missions make discoveries on the way to their main destinations
To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...
Why Is Pluto Not A Planet?
Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Discover the real reason behind Pluto’s reclassification as a dwarf planet and the science that led to this change.
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Quad-Cities Popular Astronomy Club: Planet or not, Pluto is fascinating
In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...
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The Mystery of Arrokoth: What NASA Didn’t See Coming
NASA’s New Horizons mission changed our understanding of the outer solar system. After its famous Pluto flyby, it traveled ...
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'This idea that it takes like 250 years for Pluto to orbit the sun, I think that's just bizarre.' Star Trek scion Adam Nimoy talks our favorite (dwarf) planet for 'I Heart ...
Filmmaker Adam Nemoy helps celebrate the 90th anniversary of Pluto's discovery this month at the 6th annual 'I Heart Pluto' ...
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4 Space Missions to Watch in February 2025: NASA, SpaceX and More
One day after the lander missions hitched a ride together, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin hit a major milestone with the maiden launch of its 320-foot-tall New Glenn ... from NASA and a small data ...
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Stranded NASA astronaut says she struggles to remember how it feels to walk, lie down
One of the astronauts stranded on the International Space Station since last June explained in a new interview that she ... by her unplanned for residency. NASA/INSTARimages “It was a little ...