So u ntil very recently, the best photos of Pluto we had — taken by the Hubble Space Telescope — showed it as a blurry blob: Pluto, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2003.

It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

Finally, the highest resolution images are in from the edge of the solar system. Late Friday NASA released pictures of Pluto's varied terrain with a resolution of 77 to 85 meters per pixel, and ...

A Pluto-bound NASA probe has captured the best-ever images of the dwarf planet, revealing surface features that include a possible polar ice cap.

A ground-based telescope has snapped the sharpest image yet of Pluto and its moon Charon taken in visible light from Earth.The Gemini North 8-meter telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i captured the ...

The spectacular photos, which were captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its historic Pluto flyby on July 14, show close-up views of the dwarf planet's towering water-ice mountains and ...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the highest definition images of Pluto yet, and they are spectacular. In the video above, the dwarf planet’s landscape is revealed in unprecedented ...

NASA Promises Best Photo Yet Of Faraway Pluto : The Two-Way A spacecraft on its way to Pluto has just woken up from hibernation. By next month, scientists expect to have the first good pictures of ...

On Tuesday, NASA’s New Horizons was set to make its closest flyby with Pluto, marking our first encounter with the dwarf planet. We won’t have confirmation of the flyby until 9 p.m. Eastern ...

Pluto’s big moon, Charon, is being revealed in all its rugged glory. NASA released the best color pictures yet of Charon on Thursday. The images were taken by the New Horizons spacecraft during ...

It was one of the most ambitious missions for NASA since the turn of the century, with photos reshaping what scientists know ...