New Horizons reaches Pluto
July 31, 2015
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New Horizons reaches Pluto

Close-up photographs of the vast plains were released Friday, several days after the first set…

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Pluto flypast reveals range of mountains
July 21, 2015
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Pluto flypast reveals range of mountains

The Charon photo, above, was snapped when New Horizons was just 49,000 miles away, back…

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Scientists released images of Pluto
July 20, 2015
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Scientists released images of Pluto

A tweet by the mission, that Stern retweeted, says the spacecraft has a new bumper…

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Mystery energy roughs up icy Pluto
July 20, 2015
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Mystery energy roughs up icy Pluto

New Horizon offers new outlook on Pluto
July 20, 2015
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New Horizon offers new outlook on Pluto

And I didn’t. The “tail” is made up of nitrogen that is escaping the atmosphere…

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Planet envy | HeraldNet.com – The Buzz
July 20, 2015
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Planet envy | HeraldNet.com – The Buzz

The plains are the mountains’ neighbors to the north. The peaks are now known, informally…

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Nasa releases historic close-up images of Pluto
July 20, 2015
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Nasa releases historic close-up images of Pluto

The first close-up views of Pluto show mountains made of ice and a surprisingly young,…

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NASA releases the first close-up image of Pluto
July 20, 2015
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NASA releases the first close-up image of Pluto

Twitter is filled with #PlutoFlyby musings. He’s anticipating a growing interest in the dwarf planet.

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‘Blowing my mind’: Peaks on Pluto, canyons on Charon
July 19, 2015
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‘Blowing my mind’: Peaks on Pluto, canyons on Charon

NASA scientists announced on Wednesday that the New Horizons interplanetary space probe had captured the…

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Coming attractions: 1st close-up pictures of Pluto
July 19, 2015
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Coming attractions: 1st close-up pictures of Pluto

New Horizons, a piano-sized spacecraft that has been traveling 3 billion miles through the solar…

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