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New Horizons Sets Another First, This Time With Its Camera
Fastest spacecraft ever launched at 36,373 miles per hour (when it left Earth orbit)? Check. First to explore…
Catch Up With New Horizons in Four Minutes
What was. What is. And what’s coming. NASA recently released a four-minute video touching on some of the…
A Stunning Bird’s Eye View of Pluto’s Jagged Mountains and Icy Plains
New Horizons, the fastest spacecraft ever launched, delivered breathtaking images two years ago when it flew just 7,800…
The New Proposed Definition for a Planet Isn’t Just About Pluto
Should Pluto be a planet? Does it matter? One group of NASA scientists are emphatic. Yes on both.…
What Defines a Planet? NASA Scientists Want to Keep It Simple
Dwarf planets, exoplanets, regular planets, moons. Why can’t we just have planets? NASA scientists led by Alan Stern,…
And That’s A Wrap For New Horizons’ Pluto Encounter
It only took more than a year, but the New Horizons spacecraft has sent the last slivers of…
Pluto’s Sky May Have Clouds and What It Means
A layered, hazy atmosphere. Blue skies. And clouds? New Horizons scientists are discussing the potential of clouds in…
New Horizons Will Be Seeing Red Again on 2014 MU69
Every second that goes by, New Horizons is 9 miles closer to its next target – 2014 MU69.…
Charon’s Glaring Red Feature Explained
New Horizons blew me away with the first images of Pluto. But there was more to the Pluto…
Fly Me to Pluto
A year ago, our understanding of a former planet was changed forever. Pluto wasn’t just a drab rock…
What New Horizons Will See When It Reaches 2014 MU69
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft stunned the world in 2015 when it beamed back the first high-resolution images of…
How a Liquid Ocean Explains Pluto’s Geological Activity
The far-reaches of our solar system is far from boring. NASA’s New Horizons probe proved that. When New…