New Horizons
Eat Your Heart Out Pluto
The sublimation of methane ice into methane gas is leaving a bite-mark feature on the surface of Pluto.
Clouds Seen On Pluto For First Time
New images from NASA's New Horizons probe show possible clouds drifting lazily over Pluto's chill landscape.
Spotlight On Pluto’s Frozen Polar Canyons
We turn our gaze away from Pluto's "heart" to explore the ancient ice canyons of its north polar region.
We Explored Pluto, Now Let’s Explore The Nearest Star!
With the recent milestone achieved by the New Horizons mission, many are contemplating what our next space exploration goal should…
Your Favorite Planet May Soon Turn Up In The Mail
Pluto has been explored, and now the USPS has released new stamps to celebrate this accomplishment. And that's not all,…
Astronomers Find Theoretical Evidence for Distant Gas Giant Planet in Our Solar System
The astronomer known worldwide for vigorously promoting the demotion of Pluto from its decades long perch as the 9th Planet,…
“X” Marks the Spot of Convective Churning on Hot Pluto
“X” marks the spot that’s illustrative of “convective churning” resulting from subsurface planetary heating, as seen in a fascinating new…
Our Highest Resolution Views Yet of Pluto’s Surface
The New Horizons spacecraft has been slowly sending back all the images and data it gathered during its July flyby…
New Horizons Takes Closest Image Ever of a Kuiper Belt Object
The New Horizons spacecraft is already 209,437,000 km (130,138,000 miles) past Pluto (as of Dec. 4, 2015), making it 5,226,950,000…
See Daytime Views of Pluto and Charon’s Rotation
A day on Pluto is 6.4 Earth days (6 days 9 hours and 36 minutes) long. That’s a lengthy, cold,…