Pluto
The Hunt for KBOs for New Horizons’ Post-Pluto Encounter Continues
Are you ready for the summer of 2015? A showdown of epic proportions is in the making, as NASA’s New…
Trailer: New Horizons Gets Ready to Meet Pluto
Less than a year from now, the New Horizons spacecraft will begin its encounter with Pluto. While closest approach is…
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NASA Halts Work on its New Nuclear Generator for Deep Space Exploration
Another blow was dealt to deep space exploration this past weekend. The announcement comes from Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science…
What New Horizons Sounds Like (Sort Of) When It Phones Home
Now that's a tune for a space geek's ears. This is a highly modified sound bite of ranging signals between…
A Crash Put Pluto’s Moons Into Odd Orbits: Study
A smash-up that created Pluto's largest moon, Charon, likely sprayed debris four billion years ago that formed the genesis of…
New Horizons: I Spy Pluto and Charon!
The New Horizons spacecraft is still about 880 million kilometers (550 million miles) from Pluto, but on July 1 and…
Vulcan Loses In Pluto Moons Name Game. Did the IAU Choose Wisely?
It looks like Vulcan was not the logical choice for the International Astronomical Union when it came to naming Pluto's…
Searching for Pluto: A Guide to the 2013 Opposition Season
So you’ve seen all of the classic naked eye planets. Maybe you’ve even seen fleet-footed Mercury as it reached greatest…
New Horizons Spacecraft ‘Stays the Course’ for Pluto System Encounter
Following an intense 18 month study to determine if NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft faced potentially destructive impact hazards during its…
New Horizons’ Pluto Stamp is One Step Closer to Becoming a Reality
A little over a year ago Alan Stern, principal investigator on the New Horizons mission, announced the team's plans to…