The discovery of another moon around Pluto is exciting news for planetary science, but it's also likely causing some anxiety for the team in charge of New Horizons, a spacecraft set to be the first ...

NASA’sNew Horizons spacecraft has delivered extraordinary video footage showing towering ice mountains on Pluto’s moon Nix.

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 scientists waiting ...

As New Horizons passed Pluto in July 2015, did the dwarf planet alter the probe's trajectory? Douglas Kaupa Council Bluffs, Iowa Pluto did in fact both bend and accelerate the trajectory of New ...

Yesterday afternoon, NASA lost contact with its New Horizons spacecraft for an hour for reasons unknown. This is generally not a good thing when you’re working with technology that’s 4.5 light hours ...

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 ...

AIKEN – Savannah River Site’s HB Line and H Canyon facilities processed and produced plutonium (Pu)-238 oxide used to power the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s New Horizons space probe ...

The high-resolution camera on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has begun capturing images of Pluto in preparation for its flyby less than six months from now — but it will take a few more days to ...

Pluto may no longer be classified as a planet, but in Flagstaff, its legacy still shines. Scientists, artists and community members gathered at the Orpheum Theater on Feb. 14 to ...

We classified Pluto before really understanding it—just like we reduce people to job titles or put names on relationships ...