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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- At Friday's press briefing, NASA scientists studying Pluto appeared to be giddy. What they once knew as only a yellowish blob is coming to life as a complex and fascinating ...
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sent back the last images of Pluto and Arrokoth before leaving them behind forever. This film ...
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 ...
NASA unveiled its first false-color, close up portrait of Pluto Friday afternoon. The findings reveal a surprisingly active world filled with glaciers of nitrogen and methane ice. Another image ...
NASA's New Horizons probe flew closer to Pluto than any Earth-craft ever has Tuesday, sending back amazing photos of the dwarf planet. Photos of Pluto leading up to the New Horizons flyby Before June ...
Finally, a family portrait of Pluto is beginning to emerge! For the first time ever, astronomers have captured two never-before-photographed moons orbiting Pluto. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft ...
Summer 2015 was marked by a unique astronomical event, which occurs approximately once in the history of astronomy. The New ...
It may look a little blurry, but the bright orange-tinted circle in the middle of the photo above is the first color image of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. The image was taken by the Ralph color ...