New Horizons
Charon’s Twin ‘Star Wars’ Craters Are Distinctly Different; New Horizons Continues Toward KBO
Just like Luke and Leia, two craters named for the Star Wars twins (Skywalker and Organa) have many similarities. They…
New Horizons Maneuvers Toward Potential Kuiper Belt Target
Even though the New Horizons spacecraft hasn’t officially been approved to do a flyby of a distant Kuiper Belt Object…
Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon
Io is one of the four large Galilean moons of Jupiter, visible with binoculars or a small telescope. Let's learn…
Jupiter’s Moon Callisto
With 67 confirmed satellites, Jupiter has the largest system of moons in the Solar System. The greatest of these are…
Thousands of Pits Punctuate Pluto’s Forbidding Plains in Latest Photos
A brand new batch of Pluto and Charon photos showed up today on the New Horizons LORRI (LOng-Range Reconnaissance Imager)…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 16, 2015: Dr. Carolyn Porco and Cassini Update; Sexual Harassment in Astronomy and Academia
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Carolyn Porco is the leader of the Cassini Imaging Science team and the…
Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
In 1610, Galileo Galilei looked up at the night sky through a telescope of his own design. Spotting Jupiter, he…
Awesome Blue Skies and Red Surface Ice Found at Pluto – The Other Red Planet
Much to the amazement and delight of scientists, the latest findings about Pluto reveal it possesses hazy blue skies and…
Charon Suffered Surprisingly Titanic Upheavals in Fresh Imagery from New Horizons
Charon in Enhanced Color with Grand Canyon NASA's New Horizons captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon and its…
Astonishing ‘Snakeskin’ Textured Mountains Discovered on Pluto
The more we learn about Pluto, the weirder and weirder it gets. The newest batch of high resolution Plutonian images…