On July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft arrived at Pluto for the first time. The craft flew within 7,700 miles of the planet and is sending back reams of data and the highest resolution ...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto that is inserted beneath the Short Wave logo. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the ...
FLAGSTAFF, Az. – Whether Pluto is officially a planet is the least interesting thing about the runt of the solar system, astronomers will tell you 95 years after the discovery of the fascinating and ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s official: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has gotten humanity’s first up-close look at Pluto. The spacecraft sent word of its triumph Tuesday across 3 billion miles to ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The spotlight is bright enough to thaw even Pluto. Well, not quite, but the tiny, icy world is getting front-page, prime-time attention for its first visit by a spacecraft ...
Pluto isn't just a distant ice ball; it's turning out to be a fascinating example of planetary geology. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...
A recent research paper suggests that a planet may exist far beyond Neptune — less than 20 years after the previous ninth planet, Pluto, was demoted. That research paper, accepted last month for ...