New Horizons

Take an Astounding Aerial Flyover Tour Soaring Above Pluto’s Wondrous Heart, Icy Flow Plains and Majestic Mountains

https://youtu.be/Wgl9jJUzITg Video caption: This animation of LORRI (Long Range Reconnaissance Imager) images begins with a low-altitude look at the informally…

9 years ago

Pluto Spectacular! Glaciers, Hazes, Majestic Peaks Revealed in New Photos

As the hazy, lazy days of summer come to a close, the New Horizons team released a brand new set…

9 years ago

Global Pluto Mosaic From New Hi Res Imagery Reveals Bewildering Diversity and Complexity

This new global mosaic view of Pluto was created from the latest high-resolution images to be downlinked from NASA’s New…

9 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – Sept 11, 2015: New Horizons Pluto-Palooza!

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: New Horizons staff Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator; Alice Bowman, Mission Operations Manager; and…

9 years ago

New Pluto Images Show Possible Dunes, Crepuscular Rays, Unimaginable Complexity

New Horizons scientists say they are "reeling" from the new images sent back from the spacecraft which were released today.…

9 years ago

New Horizons Team Delves into the Mystery of Charon’s “Red Pole”

As we await new imagery and data from the New Horizons’ flyby of the Pluto system to be transmitted to…

9 years ago

Get Ready for More Pluto Pics from New Horizons

If you thought the New Horizons spacecraft flyby of the Pluto system happened waaaay too fast and you’re pining for…

9 years ago

What Did We Learn About Pluto?

We've only had blurry images of Pluto up until New Horizons. So what did we learn when we got up…

9 years ago

Ride Along with New Horizons on its Pluto Flyby

On July 14, 2015, after nine and a half years journeying across the Solar System, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its historic…

9 years ago

What is the Oort Cloud?

At the edge of the Solar System, there exists a large cloud of icy material and rock, which is where…

9 years ago