Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

Meet New Horizons, arriving at Pluto on July 14. Small and light, the fastest spacecraft ever launched ... no lingering for months or even years to photograph and study. No mulligans.

The fastest spacecraft ever at launch, it will reach Pluto on July 14, 2015. Photograph by NASA 2006New ... a great migration that sent small bodies flying and turned the solar system into an ...

In July, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took us to Pluto for the first time. The photos the craft sent back so far have astounded researchers. New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern says ...

Two NASA spacecraft have teamed up to capture direct images of Uranus. The Hubble Space Telescope and the New Horizons Pluto probe formed a cool tag team to investigate the mysterious seventh ...

Because Pluto is so far, it took time for the spacecraft to transmit all of its stunning views of the distant dwarf planet. Now, NASA has released the sharpest photos the spacecraft took.

Here are the five most surprising things discovered by the deep-space instrument. After almost a decade in space, the New Horizons probe's close encounter with Pluto lasted just six days as it ...

The Pluto-Kuiper Express is currently slated to become the first spacecraft to visit the mysterious world, the smallest and usually farthest planet-like body from the sun. The Planetary Society on ...

They estimate Pluto's ocean is, at most, about 8% denser than seawater on Earth, or roughly the same as Utah's Great Salt Lake. If you could somehow get to Pluto's ocean, you could effortlessly float.

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft, one of the most advanced ever built, is scheduled to fly by Pluto to take the very first detailed images of the dwarf planet. After nine years and 3 ...

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft, one of the most advanced ever built, is scheduled to fly by Pluto to take the very first detailed images of the dwarf planet. After nine years and 3 ...