New Horizons
Weekly Space Hangout: Jan 2, 2019- News Roundup
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
The Pictures are Here! New Horizons Close Up View of 2014 MU69
The New Horizon's probe made its historic rendezvous with Ultima Thule on New Years and captured these detailed images of…
New Horizons Sees its Next Target for the First Time: Ultima Thule. Flyby Happens January 1, 2019
Earlier this month, the New Horizons team managed to capture the first images of Ultima Thule, the Kuiper Belt Object…
Pluto’s Charon Gets Mountains Named After Sci-Fi Authors Octavia Butler and Arthur C. Clarke, as Well as Many Others From History and Legend. I Approve!
The IAU just approved of a dozen names for features on Pluto's moon Charon, which include mountains named after Octavia…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 456: Pluto Revisited
This week, we return to our starting point, where Astronomy Cast began: Pluto. 11 years on, we have a whole…
Two Years Ago Today: It Was a Clear Day on Pluto When New Horizons Flew By
It was two years ago this morning that we awoke to see the now iconic image of Pluto that the…
New Horizons Team Already Finding Surprises on Next Flyby Target
While the New Horizons spacecraft was heading to Pluto, scientists from the mission used Hubble and other telescopes to try…
The Next Pluto Mission: An Orbiter and Lander?
For decades, we could only imagine what the view of Pluto’s surface might be. Now, we have the real thing.…
A Bored New Horizons Spacecraft Takes Part Time Job To Fill The Time
As it makes its way towards its next destination in the Kuiper Belt, the New Horizons probe has been given…
What is the Color of Pluto?
Thanks to the New Horizons mission, which conducted the first detailed study of Pluto in 2014, we know that Pluto's…