New Horizons
Wake Up, Pluto Spacecraft! New Horizons Emerges From Nap Next Month
It's not quite the cryogenic sleep featured in Interstellar, but all the same, NASA's New Horizons probe has spent most…
Observing Challenge: Catch a Series of Mutual Eclipses by Jupiter’s Moons
Missing the planets this month? With Mars receding slowly to the west behind the Sun at dusk, the early evening…
‘Death Star’ Ocean? Seven Moons That Could Host Huge Hidden Liquid Reservoirs
Could there be an ocean hidden somewhere in that Death Star-like picture? This is an image of Mimas, a moon…
Pluto Planning: Hubble Spots 3 Objects NASA Spacecraft Could Visit Next
Where could New Horizons visit after it flies by Pluto next year? NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is on the case.…
Stalking Uranus: A Complete Guide to the 2014 Opposition Season
It’s no joke… now is the time to begin searching the much-maligned (and mispronounced) planet Uranus as it reaches opposition…
New Horizons Sights Tiny Pluto Moon As Spacecraft Races Toward Dwarf Planet
Here's Hydra! The New Horizons team spotted the tiny moon of Pluto in July, about six months ahead of when…
Observing Neptune: A Guide to the 2014 Opposition Season
Never seen Neptune? Now is a good time to try, as the outermost ice giant world reaches opposition this weekend…
Pluto Spacecraft Planning? New Map Of Neptune’s Icy Triton Could Prepare For 2015 Encounter
Talk about recycling! Twenty-five years after Voyager 2 zinged past Neptune's moon Triton, scientists have put together a new map…
Watch Pluto and Charon Engage in Their Orbital Dance
Now here's something I guarantee you've never seen before: a video of the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon…
Here’s Your Chance To Fund A Universe Today Project On The Pluto Planethood Debate
This fall, Universe Today plans to get in-depth into the Pluto planethood debate. I (Elizabeth Howell) just launched a crowdfunding…