New Horizons

NASA New Horizons Hangout – Countdown to Pluto, Friday 2:30 EDT

Can you believe it? We're less than a month away from NASA's New Horizons' historic flight past the dwarf planet…

9 years ago

New Video Will Get You Excited for New Horizons’ Pluto Encounter (as if you already aren’t…)

Are you ready for New Horizons' flyby of Pluto? The science and engineering team reports they are ready for action,…

9 years ago

Chaos Reigns At Pluto’s Moons

Simulation of Pluto's moon Nix sped up so that one orbit takes 2 seconds instead of 25 days. Wobbling and…

9 years ago

Be Part of the First Mission to Pluto with the Free Interactive ‘Pluto Safari’ App

If you’re like us, you’ve been following the news closely as the New Horizons mission speeds towards Pluto. Want to…

9 years ago

Pluto Reveals Many New Details In Latest Images

Hey Pluto, it's great to see your face! Since sending its last batch of images in April, NASA's New Horizons probe lopped…

9 years ago

New Horizons, Approaching Pluto, Detects Signs of Polar Caps

The latest set of images from the long range imager, LORRI, on New Horizons now reveals surface features. At a…

10 years ago

Hangout with New Horizons on April 3, 2015

Are you excited about the upcoming NASA New Horizons flyby to Pluto? Even though the flyby will happen on July…

10 years ago

A Recipe for Returning Pluto to Full Planethood

A storm is brewing, a battle of words and a war of the worlds. The Earth is not at risk. It is…

10 years ago

New Horizons Now Close Enough to See Pluto’s Smaller Moons

Now on the final leg of its journey to distant Pluto the New Horizons spacecraft has been able to spot…

10 years ago

The Moment We’ve been Waiting For: First New Images of Pluto from New Horizons

Here we go! New Horizons is now on approach and today – on the anniversary of Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh’s…

10 years ago