NASA Wants Your Ideas on What to Name New Horizons’ Next Flyby Target
NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt is looking for your ideas on what to informally name its next flyby destination, a…
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Astronomers Solve the Mystery of Pluto’s Giant Blades of Ice
New research reveals that the strange formations on Pluto’s surface are made almost entirely of methane ice, and likely formed as a specific kind of…
Astronomers Give Pluto’s Planetary Features First Official Names
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially named 14 Pluto surface features and many more will soon be proposed to the IAU, both on Pluto…
Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 Just Got a Lot More Interesting
New Horizons’ next target just got a lot more interesting. Astronomers believe Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 may actually be two objects that are close…
New Horizons Captures New Data on Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69
NASA’s New Horizons team captured an event that’s known as an occultation on an elusive target, an ancient Kuiper Belt object known as 2014 MU69….
New NASA Videos Soar Over the Mountains and Icy Plains of the Pluto System
Using data from New Horizons and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, NASA scientists have created two flyover movies that offer…
New Mysteries Surround Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69
The New Horizons Spacecraft won’t pass its next target until New Year’s Day 2019, but Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 is already revealing surprises. Scientists…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Halfway to KBO 2014 MU69
The New Horizons Spacecraft, traveling at at 32,000 miles (51,500 kilometers) per hour, has reached the halfway point between Pluto and its new Kuiper Belt…
New Horizons Spacecraft Reveals a Colorful ‘Landing’ on Pluto
A new NASA video uses more than 100 images taken by the New Horizons Spacecraft to reveal a trip to Pluto’s informally named Sputnik Planitia….
Astronomers Probe Mystery of Pluto’s Icy Heart
New research looks to solve the many mysteries of Pluto’s icy heart-shaped feature. Was Pluto’s frozen heart formed in an ancient impact basin and was…
New Horizons Reveals an Ocean Beneath Pluto’s Heart-Shaped Basin
New data from NASA’s New Horizons Mission reveals evidence of any icy, slushy ocean beneath Pluto’s heart-shaped basin. Beneath Pluto’s “heart” lies a cold, slushy…
Charon’s Polar Coloring the Result of Seasonally Cold-Trapped Volatiles
New research reveals that Charon’s reddish polar coloring comes from Pluto itself. In June 2015, when the cameras on NASA’s approaching New Horizons spacecraft first…
New Horizons Image Shows Pluto’s Methane Snowcaps
This newly released image shows the southernmost part of Pluto that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft could “see” during closest approach in July 2015. The image…
NASA’s Top 10 Pluto Pics from the New Horizons Spacecraft
One year ago, NASA’s New Horizons mission made history by exploring Pluto and its moons – giving humankind our first real look at this fascinating…
New Horizons Reveals a ‘Super Grand Canyon’ on Charon
Images from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft reveal an unusual canyon system that’s far longer and deeper than the Grand Canyon. The inset above magnifies a…
New Horizons Spacecraft Views Jagged Shores of Pluto’s Highlands
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zooms in Pluto’s great ice plains and Krun Macula. This enhanced color view from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft shows the southeastern…
New Horizons Reveals Secrets from Pluto’s ‘Twilight Zone’
New images from the New Horizons Spacecraft reveal the complex atmospheric haze layers of Pluto. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft took this stunning image of Pluto…
New Close-Up View of Pluto’s Surface
This new close-up image of Pluto’s surface is the most detailed image revealed to date by they New Horizons Spacecraft. This is the most detailed…