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 ...

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 ...

Pluto was once dismissed as a frozen, lifeless rock—but that idea didn’t survive first contact. When New Horizons flew past, it revealed towering ice mountains, flowing glaciers, strange atmospheric ...

(This photo of Pluto, taken in 2015, is from NASA's New Horizons space probe, which was launched in — you guessed it — 2006.) ...

Baby stars, teenage planets, and disappearing icebergs are all featured this week. Plus, a look back at a New Horizons image of Jupiter and Io, and a strange, elongated cloud on Mars.

in search of perihelion ...

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

The comet broke into pieces after making a close approach around the sun in October 2025.

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The 3.0 update in Animal Crossing: New Horizons adds plenty of free content to enjoy, but it also includes new crossovers with Splatoon and The Legend ...