A team of researchers has outlined how a new "direct fusion drive" propulsion system could allow us to reach Sedna this ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...

Scientists at Rice University believe there’s a 40% chance that a mysterious ninth planet — Planet Nine — could be orbiting far beyond Neptune and Pluto in the icy Kuiper Belt. This potential ...

Researchers in the US have suggested there is a 40 percent chance a ninth planet could exist in our solar system. Planet Nine ...

Amazon's next group of Kuiper satellites could soon launch from Florida, propelling the company closer to providing internet ...

Amazon's next group of Kuiper satellites could soon reach orbit, propelling the company closer to providing internet to ...

United Launch Alliance scrubbed the second launch of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites due to an issue with its rocket booster. The company said it will provide a new launch date at a later point.

The initiative is named after the Kuiper belt, a doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies in our solar system extending far beyond the orbit of Neptune – the farthest planet from the sun.