New Horizons
It Looks Like These Are All the Bright Kuiper Belt Objects We’ll Ever Find
The self-professed “Pluto Killer” is at it again. Dr. Michael Brown is now reminiscing about the good old days when…
Did You Know There are 9 Secret Items Hidden on Pluto’s New Horizons Mission?
The New Horizons spacecraft is now just a few months away from its encounter with Pluto and the Kuiper Belt,…
The Dark Energy Survey Begins to Reveal Previously Unknown Trans-Neptunian Objects
Sometimes when you stare at something long enough, you begin to see things. This is not the case with optical…
2015: NASA’s Year of the Dwarf Planet
Together, the space probes Dawn and New Horizons have been in flight for a collective 17 years. One remained close…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 362: Modern Women: Carolyn Porco
It hard to think of a more influential modern planetary scientist than Carolyn Porco, the leader of the imaging team…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 362: Modern Women: Carolyn Porco
It hard to think of a more influential modern planetary scientist than Carolyn Porco, the leader of the imaging team…
Meet the New Horizons Team in a Live Google+ Hangout
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft just woke up from its long nap, and now it's on final approach towards its next…
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 14, 2014: Holy Rosetta! We Landed on a Comet!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) (more…)
Watch Live: New Horizons Crosses Neptune’s Orbit En Route To Pluto
Another milestone for the Pluto-bound New Horizons mission -- it's crossing the orbit of Neptune today, as it prepares to…
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…