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 ...

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 ...

Discover the incredible story of NASA's New Horizons mission, from its 2006 launch aboard an Atlas V rocket to its historic 2015 flyby of Pluto. Learn how this space probe, utilizing a gravitational ...

When NASA’s New Horizons probe finally flew past Pluto, the images it sent back completely changed how we see this tiny world at the edge of our Solar System. In this video, we break down what NASA ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- NASA just received a signal back from New Horizons, confirming a successful first flyby of Pluto. Euphoria broke out at NASA as Pluto is now the most distant object reached by ...

(MEDIA GENERAL) – As NASA spacecraft New Horizons continues its way through space, scientists and science enthusiasts have taken to social media to express their feelings on Tuesday’s historic Pluto ...

Clyde Tombaugh noticed a speck of light that was Pluto in 1930. — -- Clyde Tombaugh is finally getting to visit the speck of light he spotted at the edge of the solar system in 1930. New Horizons ...

NASA has written up a summary of discoveries to date from its New Horizons mission to Pluto, four months after the craft sailed past the icy dwarf planet. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

July 14 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1789, French peasants stormed the Bastille prison in Paris, beginning the French Revolution. The event is commemorated as "Bastille Day," a national holiday ...

In the early hours of July 14, a NASA spacecraft will make a historic first encounter with Pluto, the beloved dwarf planet that currently sits about 2.9 billion miles from Earth. The New Horizons ...

On this date, Jan. 19, 2006, the first probe ever destined to visit Pluto, its moons and other Kuiper belt objects launched from Launch Complex 41 at what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. A ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- After nearly 10 years of waiting and more than 3.6 billion miles, the New Horizons space mission finally reached Pluto, and the first images of the dwarf planet were released ...