After nine years and a journey of 4.8 billion kilometres, NASA's New Horizons robotic probe awoke from hibernation on Saturday to begin an unprecedented mission to study the icy dwarf planet Pluto and ...

Six years ago today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history with the first up-close exploration of the Pluto system – providing breathtaking views and detailed data on Pluto and its largest moon, ...

Scientists with NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto say they will “turn a point of light into a planet” over the next three months. “This is pure exploration; we’re going to turn points of light into ...

Pluto's largest moon Charon is captured glowing in "Plutoshine" in this photo taken by New Horizon in 2015. Because sunlight is weak at Pluto's distance, the photo looks pixelated. Credit: NASA/Johns ...

New Horizons was the first spacecraft to visit dwarf planet Pluto and Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth. The spacecraft is still actively exploring the solar system. NASA has released new visualisations of ...

The New Horizons flyby of Pluto and its satellites returned a scientific treasure trove of information about these distant and surprisingly complex worlds, showing a vast nitrogen glacier as well as ...

We Americans are addicted to technology, whether it is sending a probe to Pluto that arrives exactly on time or exploring the ocean floor for plant and animal life we have never seen before. The money ...

Universe Today has examined the potential for sending humans to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, the planet Venus, and Saturn's largest moon, Titan, all despite their respective harsh environments and vast ...