Gravitational assists are an emblematic example of why space travel is hard —it is exactly rocket science, after all. Gravity ...

In the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto, lies Sedna, one of the most mysterious objects ever ...

In fact, just to get out to Jupiter in the first place, Cassini also performed two fuel-saving flybys of Venus and one of Earth, stealing planetary orbital energy every time. A gravitational ...

The Exploration Company lost contact with its Mission Possible vehicle a few minutes before touchdown in the ocean.

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

Moving from the outer layer inward, the first layer is the corona — the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere that is ...

In the frozen outskirts of the solar system, a reddish dwarf planet orbits in silence. Known as Sedna, it is so distant that one trip around the Sun takes more than 11,000 years. For much of that time ...

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch updates from both missions on this page, starting about 90 minutes before SpaceX's target launch time.

What's the story. Sedna, a distant dwarf planet in the outer solar system, is set to make its closest approach to the Sun in 2075-76. To reach this enigmatic world, scientists are exploring two ...

In the vast silence of space, a quiet but consequential race is unfolding. It is not a relic of the Cold War or a vanity ...

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — A Jupiter business owner is accused of scamming the U.S. Navy out of more than $5 million by billing for fuel deliveries that never happened, even to warships. The U.S ...