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Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Pluto-like object in the distant Kuiper Belt.
After Pluto, New Horizons Spacecraft Goes Deeper Into Space 1 Billion Miles Away

ByAna Verayo | Jul 05, 2016 02:31 AM EDT

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Pluto's Moon Charon Reveals 'Super Grand Canyon'

ByAna Verayo | Jun 28, 2016 05:46 AM EDT

The New Horizons spacecraft spied extensional faults on Pluto, a sign that the dwarf planet has undergone a global expansion possibly due to the slow freezing of a subsurface ocean. A new analysis by Brown University scientists bolsters that idea, and sug
Pluto Might Have a Massive Ocean Hiding Under its Surface

ByAna Verayo | Jun 22, 2016 07:52 AM EDT

On approach in July 2015, the cameras on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured Pluto rotating over the course of a full “Pluto day.” The best available images of each side of Pluto taken during approach have been combined to create this view of a full r
This is How a Day on Pluto Looks Like

ByAna Verayo | Nov 22, 2015 07:00 AM EST

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Scientists using New Horizons images of Pluto's surface to make 3-D topographic maps have discovered that two of Pluto’s mountains, informally named Wright Mons and Piccard Mons, could possibly be ice volcanoes. The color is shown to depict changes in ele
Icy Volcanoes May Still Be Active on Pluto

ByAna Verayo | Nov 11, 2015 08:42 AM EST

NASA's New Horizons captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. The colors are processed to best highlight the variation of Charon's surface properties.
New Horizons Reveal Colorful and Violent History of Pluto's Moon Charon

ByAna Verayo | Oct 02, 2015 06:24 AM EDT

In this extended color image of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, rounded and bizarrely textured mountains, informally named the Tartarus Dorsa, rise up along Pluto’s day-night terminator and show intricate but puzzling patterns of blue-gray
Newest Pluto Images Reveal Complex Landscape Like 'Dragon Scales'

ByAna Verayo | Sep 25, 2015 06:50 AM EDT

Mosaic of high-resolution images of Pluto, sent back from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft from Sept. 5 to 7, 2015. The image is dominated by the informally-named icy plain Sputnik Planum, the smooth, bright region across the center.
First Pluto Photos from Yearlong Data Download of New Horizons

ByAna Verayo | Sep 11, 2015 05:50 AM EDT

This NASA's photo of Pluto was made from four images from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) combined with color data from the Ralph instrument in this enhanced color global view.
Images Of Pluto Taken During Flyby Convinces Scientist Brian Cox There Could Be Alien Life In Pluto

ByVittorio Hernandez | Sep 10, 2015 03:53 AM EDT

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NASA Joins Conspiracy Theorists In Search For Planet X

ByVlad Tverdohleb | Sep 08, 2015 11:05 AM EDT

Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015.
NASA: Pluto Probe Begins One Year Data Transfer

ByAna Verayo | Sep 07, 2015 09:52 PM EDT

This July 13, 2015, image of Pluto and Charon is presented in false colors to make differences in surface material and features easy to see
Pluto's Features will be Named After Star Wars and Star Trek

ByAna Verayo | Aug 05, 2015 05:40 AM EDT

A newly discovered mountain range lies near the southwestern margin of Pluto’s heart-shaped Tombaugh Regio (Tombaugh Region), situated between bright, icy plains and dark, heavily-cratered terrain.
Pluto's 'Heart' Reveals Second Icy Mountain Range

ByAna Verayo | Jul 23, 2015 05:40 AM EDT

Artist’s concept of the interaction of the solar wind (the supersonic outflow of electrically charged particles from the Sun) with Pluto’s predominantly nitrogen atmosphere.
Pluto Has a Tail? New Horizons Reveals Trail of Gas Behind Pluto

ByAna Verayo | Jul 21, 2015 06:10 AM EDT

In the center left of Pluto’s vast heart-shaped feature – informally named “Tombaugh Regio” - lies a vast, craterless plain that appears to be no more than 100 million years old, and is possibly still being shaped by geologic processes.
Pluto's Heart is Broken: More Closeup Images Reveal Cracked Frozen Plains

ByAna Verayo | Jul 18, 2015 06:20 AM EDT

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