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 ...

NASA launched New Horizons to explore Pluto. In 2019, it visited the furthest object in the Solar System we have seen up close.

Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

If it weren't for the new budget, New Horizons could keep exploring the outer reaches of the solar system into the 2030s.

Art and literature hint at past people’s psyches. Now computers can identify patterns in those cognitive fossils, but human expertise remains crucial.

Rare exoplanet discovered in outskirts of the Milky Way The existence of the planet, named AT2021uey b, took years to verify.

Using a unique method, astronomers have discovered an exceptional new planet by Vilnius University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed that Pluto’s ethereal, bluish haze represents "a new kind of climate”.

The burgeoning dam dispute between Morocco and Algeria is hardly unique: Climate change is exacerbating water conflicts around the world.

Bitcoin enters a unique market phase as rising long-term holder dominance and compressed volatility could potentially trigger a fresh round of price discovery.

Today's Climate People Using Apps Like iNaturalist and Merlin Are Helping Fuel Scientific Discovery Researchers are increasingly relying on data from citizen scientists to analyze trends in the ...