New Horizons
New Horizons Image Shows Methane Snow On Pluto Mountains
March 19, 2016 | EditorsIt’s been more than 8 months since New Horizons flew past Pluto, and we’re still learning new things from the images we’re getting back. Read More
NASA: Pluto Has Brilliant Blue Skies And Red Water Ice
October 10, 2015 | EditorsThe last image of Pluto sent back by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which made a historic flyby of the dwarf planet in July, reveal unexpected detail: Pluto has brilliant blue skies similar to those of Earth. Read More
New Horizons Next Target: Planetoid 2014 MU69 A Billion Miles Beyond Pluto
September 1, 2015 | EditorsAfter a spectacular Pluto flyby on July 14, the unmanned spacecraft has a new target to aim, as New Horizons’ team picked the next destination for it — a planetoid dubbed 2014 MU69, a much smaller ice ball in the distant Kuiper Belt, NASA announced on Friday. Read More
New Horizons Reveals Huge Ice Mountains (11.000 ft) On Pluto
July 16, 2015 | EditorsNew high-resolution images captured by NASA’ New Horizons probe reveals the first close-up of the dwarf planet’s equator, a region with large ice mountains reaching up to 11,000ft (3,350 meters) above the surface. Read More
Watch the New Horizons Mission Celebration (Live Streaming Video)
July 14, 2015 | EditorsTuesday will be remembered as the day humanity reached Pluto for the first time. If everything goes according to plan, a NASA spacecraft, called New Horizons, will fly by Pluto at 12:49 p.m. BST, or 7:49 a.m. ET. Read More
New Horizons Is At Less Than One Day Away From Pluto. New Intriguing Image
July 13, 2015 | EditorsNASA’ New Horizons spacecraft is a mere one million kilometres away from Pluto, as it approaches the dwarf planet and its moon Charon for the historic flyby tomorrow, it’s constantly sending back images to earth, and the last one is the sharpest and most stunning image yet of the mysterious icy world. Read More
Pluto: New Images Released by NASA’ New Horizons Intrigue Astronomers
July 9, 2015 | EditorsNASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent new high-resolution images of the dwarf planet Pluto, just days before its historic encounter on July 14, including one showing the four mysterious dark spots on the icy distant world. Read More
New Horizons Spacecraft will Step On Pluto after 9 Years in Space
December 2, 2014 | EditorsWhen New Horizons left Earth nine years ago, its destination was still being taught to schoolchildren as one of the 9 planets in our solar system. The spacecraft’s final destination of Pluto has since lost its planet status, but that doesn’t make its upcoming arrival at the mysterious dwarf planet any less exciting. Read More
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