Massive Shadowy Planet May Lurk Beyond Pluto
Universe Photo credit: R. Hurt/NASA (Sedna, one of the dwarf planets dodging the hypothetical undiscovered planet.) A curious orbital pattern among objects in the Kuiper Belt points to the presence of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Soar Over Pluto In This Bird's Eye Tour
Universe Photo credit: Stuart Robbins / NASA NASA combined the latest images from New Horizons's flyby of Pluto into a stunning animation that gives us a glimpse of the dwarf planet's majestic and...
View ArticleHitchhiking on Comets: The latest trend in space travel
Universe Photo credit: NASA A spacecraft with lofty sightseeing ambitions but low on fuel may be able to latch onto passing celestial bodies and use them to swing from comet to asteroid.
View ArticleNew Horizons Uncovers Charon's Violent Past
UniverseNew images of Pluto’s moon sent back from New Horizons reveal an amazingly diverse landscape that suggests a troubled geological past.
View ArticlePluto Has Gorgeous Blue Skies and Flowing Water Ice
Universe Photo credit: NASA NASA's new full-color images reveal that Pluto's hazy atmosphere shines a brilliant blue, and beneath that sapphire haze lies several expanses of water ice.
View ArticleNow that It's Passed Pluto, What's Next for New Horizons?
Universe Photo credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Alex Parker Rather than rest on its laurels after making its historic Pluto flyby, the New Horizons spacecraft will aim for a new icy target floating in the...
View ArticlePluto Has Volcanoes But They Don’t Spew Lava
Universe Photo credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI In the four months since New Horizons’ historic flyby of Pluto, NASA has made incredible discoveries including two cryovolcanoes.
View ArticleVideo: Best Photos of Pluto We May See for Decades
Universe Photo credit: NASA NASA releases super-high resolution images of Pluto’s craters, mountains and ice fields.
View ArticleJuno Breaks Record as the Farthest Solar Powered Space Probe from the Sun
Universe Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The previous record breaker was the European Space Agency’s Rosetta.
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