Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe. This year's budget expires at the end of ...
On July 14, 2015 the New Horizons spacecraft completed a journey of almost 10 years and over 3 billion miles to reach the outer solar system and encounter the dwarf planet Pluto. Dr. Roger Diehl, a ...
Unlike how scientists believe Earth's moon formed billions of years ago, Pluto and its biggest moon, Charon, didn't have a messy breakup. New computer simulations show the primitive dwarf planet and ...