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Pluto reaches opposition and the Moon waxes to First Quarter as shooting stars streak through the sky this week.
Pluto reaches opposition and is ready for those who want to chase it down. Use the biggest scope you've got, or take aim with ...
Early observations of the planets revealed worlds far different from Earth, demonstrating that the universe was far more ...
Olivier Jollet opened the third edition of the FAST Festival, discussing how Pluto TV is curating its stable of FAST channels ...
Astronomers have discovered "Ammonite," a mysterious object on the solar system’s edge whose unusual orbit challenges current ...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made history by flying past Pluto, sending back groundbreaking data that would change our ...
NASA faces a proposed $6 billion agency-wide funding cut by the Trump administration, including a 47% reduction of science ...
In spite of its cancellation, SLAM left an imprint in the minds of America’s defense planners and military scientists—and pushed the boundaries of nuclear propulsion technology.
"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today ...
In 2006, NASA launched New Horizons to explore Pluto. In 2019, it visited the furthest object in the Solar System we have ...
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNO) are some of our solar system's lesser-known objects. They number in the thousands, and they get their name from their orbits. These dwarf planets orbit the sun at a ...
Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says Grundy. Or you could visit a local observatory and use one of their ...