Gonggong is a dwarf planet and a member of the scattered disc beyond Neptune. As of 2019, its distance from the Sun is 88 AU, and it is the sixth-farthest known Solar System object.

Not that it was a competition, but Saturn surpassed Jupiter in known moons a few years ago. Now the giant planet may never catch up. On March 11, a team of astronomers announced the discovery of 128 ...

You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the ...

NASA told its staff Monday that the space agency will start cutting its ranks − including the office of its chief scientist − as part of a "broader governmentwide restructuring effort.

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Rockets launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, which is an hour east of Orlando theme parks. Godspeed, Athena. A Falcon 9 is set to launch a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Argentina’s President Javier Milei speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the ...

Among other changes, Vanessa Wyche, who previously led Johnson Space Center, has been named NASA's acting associate administrator. NASA continues to reshape its leadership tier. The agency ...

Credit: NASA NASA is gearing up for an exciting launch with SPHEREx, a space telescope designed to uncover the history of the universe while searching for signs of life. Hitching a ride on the same ...

Elon Musk’s unconventional Department of Government Efficiency is certainly stirring the pot. Musk’s most recent shot across the bow came via the Office of Personnel Management. It saw DOGE ...

NASA's Artemis campaign envisions the moon as being a crucial pit stop to prepare U.S. astronauts and their vehicles to travel onward to Mars. The U.S. company that made history in 2024 with an ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline congregate, Nov. 21, 2016, on a long-closed bridge on a ...