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 ...

It's showtime for Pluto. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has traveled 3 billion miles and is nearing the end of its nine-year journey to Pluto. Sunday, it begins photographing the mysterious, ...

After a nine-year journey, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft delivered the first close-up images of Pluto, revealing a world far ...

The New Horizons mission provided the first close up images of Pluto revealing a complex and active world that completely changed scientific understanding of distant planets ...

(CNN) — A range of majestic mountains meets with endless plains. On Pluto, billions of miles from the sun’s reach, they are likely both made of ice. And this week, we are seeing close-ups of them with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pluto did in fact both bend and accelerate the trajectory of New Horizons when the spacecraft reconnoitered the dwarf planet in 2015, but only very slightly. There are three reasons the trajectory ...