The space probe began making discoveries even before today's flyby. — -- Three billion miles and nearly ten years of travel led up to the moment NASA's New Horizons probe zoomed past Pluto today, ...

For decades, Pluto remained one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system, until July 14, 2015, when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft became the first mission to visit it up close, capturing ...

Planetary scientist Kelsi Singer was an undergraduate in 2006 when a spunky spacecraft launched with an ambitious goal: to fly by Pluto. It would take nearly a decade for the New Horizons probe to ...

For decades, Pluto remained one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system, until July 14, 2015, when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft became the first mission to visit it up close, capturing ...

When NASA 's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015, it shattered the notion that the dwarf planet was a dormant ball of ice, instead revealing it to be rich with icy plains and jagged ...

This is an image of Pluto you've seen before, but not quite this colorfully. A NASA/New Horizons press conference later today will provide information about the latest Pluto discoveries and new images ...

When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto in 2015, it revealed an incredible world of ice and haze carved by various geological processes — hinting that an ocean may have played a role in the ...

"This mission should be able to image the whole of Pluto. It should be phenomenal." When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto in 2015, it revealed an incredible world of ice and haze carved by ...