New Horizons
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…
Carnival of Space #497
Welcome, come in to the 497th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers…
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…
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…
New Horizons Spies Pluto’s Neighbor Quaoar
Now more than a year after its historic flyby of Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft continues to speed through the…
How Long Does it Take to get to the Asteroid Belt?
Just how long would it take to get to the Asteroid Belt, in the event that we want to start…