Space probe isn't done after historic Pluto flyby. — -- New Horizons conserved energy by taking naps on its 3 billion mile journey to Pluto but the spacecraft isn't done yet and may have enough ...

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When New Horizons flew past Pluto in 2015, it revealed a surprisingly active, icy world full of unexpected landscapes, glaciers, and possible cryovolcanoes. Despite being reclassified as a dwarf ...

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 ...

(MEDIA GENERAL) – As NASA spacecraft New Horizons continues its way through space, scientists and science enthusiasts have taken to social media to express their feelings on Tuesday’s historic Pluto ...

Finally, a family portrait of Pluto is beginning to emerge! For the first time ever, astronomers have captured two never-before-photographed moons orbiting Pluto. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft ...

When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto in 2015, it revealed an incredible world of ice and haze carved by various geological processes — hinting that an ocean may have played a role in the ...

A Maryland control room erupted in cheers late Tuesday after mission controllers got word the spacecraft on a historic voyage to Pluto had completed its scientific goals, including taking photos of ...

NASA has written up a summary of discoveries to date from its New Horizons mission to Pluto, four months after the craft sailed past the icy dwarf planet. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Pluto sits far out in the Solar System, small and dim, moving at a pace that barely fits human timelines. It was found in ...