New Horizons
New Pluto Images Show Possible Dunes, Crepuscular Rays, Unimaginable Complexity
New Horizons scientists say they are "reeling" from the new images sent back from the spacecraft which were released today.…
New Horizons Team Delves into the Mystery of Charon’s “Red Pole”
As we await new imagery and data from the New Horizons’ flyby of the Pluto system to be transmitted to…
Get Ready for More Pluto Pics from New Horizons
If you thought the New Horizons spacecraft flyby of the Pluto system happened waaaay too fast and you’re pining for…
What Did We Learn About Pluto?
We've only had blurry images of Pluto up until New Horizons. So what did we learn when we got up…
Ride Along with New Horizons on its Pluto Flyby
On July 14, 2015, after nine and a half years journeying across the Solar System, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its historic…
What is the Oort Cloud?
At the edge of the Solar System, there exists a large cloud of icy material and rock, which is where…
Neptune’s Moon Triton
The planets of the outer Solar System are known for being strange, as are their many moons. This is especially…
Pluto’s Heart of the Heart Swathed in Newly Discovered Icy Mountains and Vast Plains
APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY, LAUREL, MD - The highest resolution images ever taken of Pluto by humanity’s first spacecraft ever to…
Youthful Frozen Plains Cover Pluto’s Big ‘Heart’ – Spectacular New Images from New Horizons
This annotated view of a portion of Pluto’s Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain), named for Earth’s first artificial satellite, shows an…
New Horizons Mission to Pluto
Humans have been sending spacecraft to other planets, as well as asteroid and comets, for decades. But rarely have any…