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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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Ask Lowell Observatory Director Jeffrey Hall how he feels about the visit to Pluto by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and he literally shivers with excitement. “I can’t even think about it without ...

It's official: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has gotten humanity's first up-close look at Pluto. The spacecraft sent word of its triumph Tuesday across 3 billion miles to scientists waiting ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft pulled off the most distant exploration of another world Tuesday, skimming past a tiny, icy object 4 billion miles from Earth that looks to be shaped like a bowling pin.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft snapped the first high-resolution photographs of Pluto and its moons this week. The images reveal the planetary system in unprecedented detail — highlighting mountain ...