Telescopes can get you a long way, but sending a space mission there offers much better data. It’s not just Pluto, New Horizons also snapped some stunning images of Pluto’s satellite ...

Pluto is probably best known for being a demoted planet. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stripped it of its ...

We know about Pluto. But we don’t really know it. That will change on July 14, when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to fly within 8,000 miles of the frozen dwarf. It’s a risky ...

NASA has given a new lease of life to its New Horizons mission, which in 2015 got the first-ever close-ups images of dwarf planet Pluto. Thought to be a target for cost savings, according to Space ...

This week, uncover some of the oldest ice on Earth, follow a dinosaur highway, learn how Pluto sealed the capture of its moon Charon with a “kiss,” and more.

LASP is providing science operations of the four MMS satellites and built the FIELDS instrument. New Horizons is a NASA mission which conducted a successful flyby of Pluto in 2015. LASP provided the ...

When the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto and Charon ... Christy and the Discovery of Charon, Pluto's Satellite', Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol 97, Issue 3 ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday morning, and even though we've only seen a small trickle of data so far, the findings are already surprising scientists.

NASA's Pandora satellite mission to document at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars will start from SpaceX at its ...

"The heat from the impact and subsequent tidal forces could have played a crucial role in shaping the features we see on Pluto's surface today." NASA’s New Horizons mission visited Pluto in 2015 ...

Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large ...