Pluto
The Orbit of Pluto. How Long is a Year on Pluto?
Given its extreme distance from the Sun, Pluto has a very long orbital period. As such, a single year on…
Get Ready For The >100 Planet Solar System
If a new definition of planet is adopted by the International Astronomical Union, our Solar System could be home to…
A Farewell to Plutoshine
Sometimes, its not the eye candy aspect of the image, but what it represents. A recent image of Pluto's large…
Here’s the Highest Resolution Map of Pluto We’ll Get from New Horizons
Members of the New Horizons team recently conducted a live panel discussion where they talked about the spacecraft's greatest accomplishments,…
The Car Alan Stern Drove to Pluto
Many of the rocket and space flight enthusiasts I know are also car buffs. If you fit into that category,…
Pluto Has a Subsurface ‘Antifreeze’ Ocean
The evidence keeps growing for a large subsurface ocean at Pluto, which also provides clues how the iconic ‘heart’ of…
It Took 15 Months, but all of New Horizons’ Data Has Finally Been Downloaded
Finally, the New Horizons team has their entire “pot of gold.” 15 months after the mission’s flyby of the Pluto…
Latest Results from New Horizons: Clouds on Pluto, Landslides on Charon
By the end of this week, all the data gathered by the New Horizons spacecraft during its July 2015 flyby…
More than 100 km of Liquid Water Beneath Pluto’s Surface
What lies beneath Pluto’s icy heart? New research indicates there could be a salty “Dead Sea”-like ocean more than 100…
NASA Approves New Horizons Extended KBO Mission, Keeps Dawn at Ceres
In an ‘Independence Day’ gift to a slew of US planetary research scientists, NASA has granted approval to nine ongoing…