Six years ago today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history with the first up-close exploration of the Pluto system – providing breathtaking views and detailed data on Pluto and its largest moon, ...

Pluto's largest moon Charon is captured glowing in "Plutoshine" in this photo taken by New Horizon in 2015. Because sunlight is weak at Pluto's distance, the photo looks pixelated. Credit: NASA/Johns ...

New Horizons was the first spacecraft to visit dwarf planet Pluto and Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth. The spacecraft is still actively exploring the solar system. NASA has released new visualisations of ...

The New Horizons flyby of Pluto and its satellites returned a scientific treasure trove of information about these distant and surprisingly complex worlds, showing a vast nitrogen glacier as well as ...

We Americans are addicted to technology, whether it is sending a probe to Pluto that arrives exactly on time or exploring the ocean floor for plant and animal life we have never seen before. The money ...

Preface: Inside the farthest exploration in history -- Introduction: Out of lock -- Dreams of a grand tour -- The Pluto underground -- Ten years in the wilderness -- The undead -- New Horizons at last ...

Image of Pluto obtained by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby in July 2015, which reveals the smooth, nitrogen plains of Sputnik Planitia (heart-shaped region) and vast, water-ice ...

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - On Tuesday, July 14 a small space probe is expected to revolutionize the way we look at Pluto. And, a Texas Tech assistant professor says there's no telling what they could learn.

New Horizons mission scientists have determined that cryovolcanic activity most likely created unique structures on Pluto not yet seen anywhere else in the solar system. The amount of material ...

NASA has released the most detailed and dramatic images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show an icy, mottled, dark molasses-colored world ...