NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured images of Pluto and its moons as never before.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made history by flying past Pluto, sending back groundbreaking data that would change our ...

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 ...

Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

Planned moon and Mars missions require timely communications and navigation systems, which is prompting NASA officials to ...

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

NASA faces a proposed $6 billion agency-wide funding cut by the Trump administration, including a 47% reduction of science ...

Bring up the former planet Pluto in conversation and you’re guaranteed to be met with a strong opinion. In one camp are those ...

This image, taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015, is the most accurate natural color image of Pluto. This natural-color image results from refined calibration of data gathered by ...

As NASA celebrates the 10th anniversary of the historic Pluto flyby, the space agency is also bracing for budget cuts that threaten the historic New Horizons probe.

Visible on the planet itself is a dark patch near the top, marking the frigid northern polar cap, where temperatures dip to ...

The White House's 2026 budget proposal threatens dozens of active and upcoming science missions designed to explore the ...