New Horizons Detects Methane on Pluto’s Surface
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has detected frozen methane on Pluto’s surface. Yes, there is methane on Pluto, and, no, it doesn’t come from cows. The…
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New Pluto Images from New Horizons
As NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft speeds closer to the Pluto system new images of Pluto are emerging, giving a better view of Pluto’s surface features….
New Horizons Photographs Pluto’s Faintest Known Moons for the First Time
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has photographed Kerberos and Styx – the smallest and faintest of Pluto’s five known moons. It’s a complete Pluto family photo…
Surface Features Detected on Pluto, Possible Polar Cap
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has detected surface features on Pluto, revealing bright and dark regions on the surface. The images were captured in early to…
New Horizons Spacecraft Views Pluto and Charon Rotation
These new images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show one complete rotation of Pluto and its largest moon Charon. This series of New Horizons images…
NASA Scientists Identify Small-Scale Waves on Jupiter
Using data from New Horizons Jupiter flyby, astronomers have discovered evidence of a type of atmospheric wave that had long been proposed but had not…
NASA’s New Horizons Nears Historic Encounter with Pluto
In just three months, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will capture the first-ever close up images and scientific observations of Pluto and its system of large…
New Horizons Spots Small Moons Orbiting Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft views Pluto’s moons Nix and Hydra as it continues on its journey toward the dwarf planet. Exactly 85 years after Clyde…
New Horizons Returns New Images of Pluto
Headed towards Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has captured this new image of Pluto and its moon Charon. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft returned its first…
New Horizons Begins First Stages of Pluto Encounter
After a voyage of more than 3 billion miles, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is ready to begin exploring Pluto. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently began…
New Horizons Spacecraft Awakens for Encounter with Pluto System
After nearly nine years and three billion miles, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has come out of hibernation for its long-awaited 2015 encounter with the Pluto…
Hubble Finds Three Potential Kuiper Belt Targets for New Horizons
The Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered three potential targets for the New Horizons spacecraft to visit after it flies by Pluto in July 2015. The…
Pluto-Bound New Horizons Gets a Distant Look at Neptune and Triton
This newly released image of Neptune and its large moon Triton was captured by NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft as it continues on its voyager towards…
New ScienceCast Video Previews What New Horizons May See on Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is only a year away from Pluto. This new ScienceCast video previews what researchers may see when the spacecraft makes its…
Hubble Searches for a New Horizons Mission Target Beyond Pluto
NASA scientists are using the Hubble Space Telescope to identify any objects orbiting within the Kuiper Belt that the NASA New Horizons mission spacecraft could…
New ScienceCast Video – Countdown to Pluto
A new ScienceCast video details what NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft might find when it reaches Pluto next January. One of the fastest spacecraft ever built…