New Horizons
How Far Back Are We Looking in Time?
When we look out into space, we're also looking back into time. Just how far back can we see? The…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 20, 2015 – Charles Black from SEN
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com) Special Guest: Charles Black (@charlesblack / sen.com/charles-black)…
New Horizons Now Close Enough to See Pluto’s Smaller Moons
Now on the final leg of its journey to distant Pluto the New Horizons spacecraft has been able to spot…
The Moment We’ve been Waiting For: First New Images of Pluto from New Horizons
Here we go! New Horizons is now on approach and today – on the anniversary of Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh’s…
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan. 23, 2015: SpaceX, Rosetta, and Asteroid Updates!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Dave Dickinson (@astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com) (more…)
Most Powerful Atlas V Delivers a Most Spectacular Nighttime Sky Show Launch for US Navy
Blastoff of ULA Atlas V rocket lofting MUOS-3 to orbit for the US Navy from Space Launch Complex-41 at 8:04…
It Looks Like These Are All the Bright Kuiper Belt Objects We’ll Ever Find
The self-professed “Pluto Killer” is at it again. Dr. Michael Brown is now reminiscing about the good old days when…
Did You Know There are 9 Secret Items Hidden on Pluto’s New Horizons Mission?
The New Horizons spacecraft is now just a few months away from its encounter with Pluto and the Kuiper Belt,…
The Dark Energy Survey Begins to Reveal Previously Unknown Trans-Neptunian Objects
Sometimes when you stare at something long enough, you begin to see things. This is not the case with optical…
2015: NASA’s Year of the Dwarf Planet
Together, the space probes Dawn and New Horizons have been in flight for a collective 17 years. One remained close…