Finally, a family portrait of Pluto is beginning to emerge! For the first time ever, astronomers have captured two never-before-photographed moons orbiting Pluto. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft ...
The discovery of another moon around Pluto is exciting news for planetary science, but it's also likely causing some anxiety for the team in charge of New Horizons, a spacecraft set to be the first ...
Clyde Tombaugh, who was born on this day in 1906, grew up on a farm in Kansas and was captivated by sights of the moon and ...
On January 19, 2006, NASA launched a spacecraft to Pluto! New Horizons is a spacecraft about the size of a grand piano, and ...
Discover the incredible story of NASA's New Horizons mission, from its 2006 launch aboard an Atlas V rocket to its historic 2015 flyby of Pluto. Learn how this space probe, utilizing a gravitational ...