It’s traveled more than nine years to get there and it will only stay a few hours, but a small space probe already is revolutionizing the way we look at Pluto. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will be ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Today, the dwarf planet Pluto is a frigid world with surface ...

The spotlight is bright enough to thaw even Pluto. Well, not quite, but the tiny, icy world is getting front-page, prime-time attention for its first visit by a spacecraft — NASA’s New Horizons.

As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sets off on its long trip to Pluto, Mark Peplow looks at how our view of the Solar System's outskirts has changed. Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto while searching for ...

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When NASA’s New Horizons mission flew past Pluto in 2015, it gave humanity our first glimpse of a colossal depression on the isolated world. It's named Sputnik Planitia. Comparable in size to the ...

The New Horizons spacecraft has a host of high-tech equipment aboard to study the Pluto region of our solar system with. It also has a unique little postage stamp. Freelancer Michael Franco writes ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will fly by the dwarf planet Pluto on July 14, 2015 in a historic encounter. NASA will webcast the flyby online in a series of events. LAUREL, Md. — Hold on to your ...