“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is gearing up to cross the "termination shock," an exotic boundary in the outer solar system, ...

Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...

These images redefined our understanding of atmospheric processes on small, cold worlds. Our understanding of Pluto expanded tremendously. Telescopes can get you a long way, but sending a space ...

After almost a decade in space, the New Horizons probe's close ... Before New Horizons, the best images of Pluto revealed nothing more than a few light and dark patches. The best Hubble Telescope ...

Garrett Sayers Created by Pathway to Space 0:17 "Graphic of a satellite flying by Jupiter and a satellite flying by pluto" Image provided by Fran Bagenal Unknown 0:47 - end "Primary Background - First ...

Images from New Horizons revealed another unexpected feature: an area of the planet featuring a range of mountains rising to 3,500 metres from the surface, surrounded by smooth terrain with few signs ...

open image in gallery Analysis of data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has helped shed light on the ancient surfaces of trans-Neptunian objects like Pluto. Scientists confirmed what they ...