NASA explains Pluto's newly discovered "blue sky" and whether or not potential astronauts could ever witness an Earth-like sunrise. The New Horizons space probe sent back its first color images of ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- NASA just received a signal back from New Horizons, confirming a successful first flyby of Pluto. Euphoria broke out at NASA as Pluto is now the most distant object reached by ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic ...
For decades, Pluto remained one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system, until July 14, 2015, when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft became the first mission to visit it up close, capturing ...
NASA unveiled its first false-color, close up portrait of Pluto Friday afternoon. The findings reveal a surprisingly active world filled with glaciers of nitrogen and methane ice. Another image ...
When New Horizons flew past Pluto in 2015, NASA expected a cold, cratered fossil at the edge of the solar system. Instead it revealed a world that looked alive - jagged mountains of water ice, a thin ...
New Horizons sends back best photos yet as probe closes in on Pluto. New color images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a ...
SALT LAKE CITY -- After nearly 10 years of waiting and more than 3.6 billion miles, the New Horizons space mission finally reached Pluto, and the first images of the dwarf planet were released ...