If you’ve ever waited years for something important – a degree, a promotion, a long journey – you know how strange it feels when the defining moment itself is over in what seems like an instant.

In 2006, a vote by the International Astronomical Union determined that Pluto was no longer a planet. The decision sparked a heated public debate, and many planetary scientists disagreed with kicking ...

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The International Astronomical Union voted to designate Pluto a dwarf planet, a move supported by many who worked in space and astronomy But even 20 years later, both astronomers and laypeople still ...

For decades, scientists and the general public have argued over the astronomical status of beloved dwarf planet Pluto. In the latest salvo, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said that he was “very ...

Work that researchers have done at Idaho National Laboratory in recent years is — quite literally — out of this world. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which has traveled 3 billion miles in the last ...

A groundbreaking mission that explored Pluto and distant solar system objects in unprecedented detail has awakened from its longest sleep ever — and it’s 5.9 billion miles from Earth. NASA’s New ...