The New Horizons space probe and it is currently way, way out in space. And recently it was tasked with measuring just how ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Horizons sends back best photos yet as probe closes in on Pluto. New color images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a ...

LAUREL, Md. — Thirty-three minutes after midnight, scientists, engineers and well-wishers here at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory celebrated the moment that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft ...

Today, let's talk about New Horizons. This spacecraft is truly impressive, having recently completed a deep space star navigation test. You might wonder, what is the use of deep space navigation? It's ...

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 ...

In 2015, after flying for 9 years and covering nearly 5 billion kilometers, the New Horizons spacecraft successfully flew ...