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 ...

New close-up images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientists reeling because of their range and complexity. Image: This ...

The heart's brightness arises from sunlight reflection, while red patches, formed by tholins, showcase Pluto's atmospheric intricacies and ongoing discoveries in the Kuiper Belt.

Nine years, 3 billion miles, and $700 million later, we are finally getting the very first high resolution photos of Pluto, thanks to a NASA spacecraft called New Horizons. It’s a pretty small planet ...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the first in a series of the sharpest views of Pluto it obtained during its July flyby and the best close-ups of Pluto that humans may see for decades Each ...

NASA just released incredible new photos of Pluto's north pole, and they seem to raise more questions about this icy planet. The New Horizons spacecraft took this high-resolution shot as it approached ...

We are about three days from seeing even more images of Pluto like never before. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will fly by at its closest distance to Pluto at approximately 7:49 a.m., July 14, 2015.

Decades-old pictures of Pluto’s heart are breaking the Internet again. University of Oxford's Dr Carly Howett explains the science behind the New Horizons mission and that famous 5-billion-kilometre ...

“I think the solar system saved the best for last,” said Alan Stern, principal investigator for the New Horizons mission in a press conference this afternoon. He was referring to Pluto of course. 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 ...

New Horizons sends back best photos yet as probe closes in on Pluto. New color images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a ...

Pluto looks to be a far cry from the dead body that many scientists had long presumed. As the New Horizons probe continues to report back from the fringes of the solar system, a word that Mr. Spock ...