It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

At the far reaches of our Solar System lies Pluto, a mysterious world shrouded in shadows and icy terrain. NASA’s latest ...

Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

NASA has released the latest images from New Horizons’ historic Pluto flyby, which reveal the dwarf planet’s stunning range of surface features.

Ever wonder what a day on Pluto looks like? Well, NASA has the answer. Thanks to images captured by the New Horizon, we can see Pluto rotating over the course of a full “Pluto day,” which ...

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons space probe came within 7,800 miles of Pluto, providing NASA scientists with the clearest ...

NASA’s successful mission to snap the first ever detailed photos of Pluto prompted the space agency to highlight similar past accomplishments. The New Horizons spacecraft journeyed 3 billion ...

New Horizons cannot transmit at the same time it’s taking photos, and there’s a 4.5-hour delay between Pluto and Earth. This meant NASA didn’t officially hear back from the probe until ...

Pluto is the gift that keeps on giving as more photos from the distant dwarf planet continue to roll in from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. The first hi-res color shot of the planet, a strange ...

It was one of the most ambitious missions for NASA since the turn of the century, with photos reshaping what scientists know ...