new horizons 2015
Charon’s Red Cap at its North Pole? We Might Have an Answer
Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, started off as a beautiful, smooth red grape until someone came along, mostly peeled it, tried…
Catching Earth at Aphelion
Do you feel a little… distant today? The day after the 4th of July weekend brings with it the promise…
See Pluto for Yourself Ahead of New Horizons’ Historic Encounter
Are you ready for July? The big ticket space event of the year is coming right up, as NASA’s New…
A Brief History of Nukes in Space
In just a few short weeks, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will make its historic flyby of Pluto and its moons.…
- Asteroids
- Atlas V
- Earth
- Juno Mission
- Jupiter
- Kennedy Space Center
- Launches
- NASA
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- United Launch Alliance
OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sampler Enters Final Assembly
OSIRIS-Rex, NASA’s first ever spacecraft designed to collect and retrieve pristine samples of an asteroid for return to Earth has…
- Asteroids
- Astronomy
- Commercial Space
- Falcon 9
- Hubble
- Launches
- NASA
- New Horizons
- Pluto
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- SpaceX
10 Space Science Stories to Watch in 2015
A new Avengers movie. A reboot of the Star Wars franchise. The final installment of the Hunger Games. The Martian…
- Astronomy
- Comets
- Earth
- Eclipses
- Europa
- Jupiter
- Mars
- Mercury
- Meteor Showers
- Meteors
- Moon
- New Horizons
- Observing
- Pluto
- Saturn
- Skywatching
- Uranus
- Venus
The Top 101 Astronomical Events to Watch for in 2015
Phew! It’s here. Now in its seventh year of compilation and the second year running on Universe Today, we’re proud…
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…