After a nine-year journey, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft delivered the first close-up images of Pluto, revealing a world far ...

Discover the incredible story of NASA's New Horizons mission, from its 2006 launch aboard an Atlas V rocket to its historic ...

NASA explains Pluto's newly discovered "blue sky" and whether or not potential astronauts could ever witness an Earth-like sunrise. The New Horizons space probe sent back its first color images of ...

Pluto's north pole canyons annotated. These close views of Pluto's four smaller moons were captured by NASA's New Horizons probe during its historic July 2015 flyby. Data from New Horizons suggests ...

Discovered in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory, Pluto was demoted as a planet in 2006. Some want President Trump to take action ...

Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show. On Tuesday, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the previously unexplored world in all its icy glory. It promises to ...

NASA chief Jared Issacman appears to be among those who support Pluto being reclassified as a planet. Could President Trump ...

(CNN) — A range of majestic mountains meets with endless plains. On Pluto, billions of miles from the sun’s reach, they are likely both made of ice. And this week, we are seeing close-ups of them with ...

NASA'S New Horizons Pluto probe is getting an early workout in the Jupiter system as it uses the gas giant's gravity for a 9,000-mph. boost in speed for the final leg of its journey. The probe will ...

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LAUREL, Md. — NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which flew past Pluto in 2015, will zip past another icy world nicknamed Ultima Thule on New Year’s Day, gathering information on what is believed to be a ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW – Eight months after its encounter with the New Horizons spacecraft, Pluto continues to surprise the scientists who study this distant world. Pluto and its largest moon Charon comprise ...