NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made history by flying past Pluto, sending back groundbreaking data that would change our ...

At the far reaches of our Solar System lies Pluto, a mysterious world shrouded in shadows and icy terrain. NASA’s latest photos from this distant dwarf planet have provided us with groundbreaking ...

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

These changes appear in some images as the morphing of dark and light patches across the surface over time, and may be linked to the changing seasons on Pluto, researchers say. Pluto’s trip ...

We've finally seen the first up close of images of Pluto and a few of its moons, and they're breathtaking. The stunning new photos came from New Horizon's 15-minute flyby on July 14, and after ...

NASA released this incredibly clear image of Pluto just minutes before its spacecraft, New Horizons, flew by Pluto for the first time in history. The flyby marked the first time humanity has ever ...

In one image, which Nasa has likened to snakeskin, the surface of Pluto is shown near the line separating day and night, revealing an epic landscape of aligned ridges (above, right).

It has an average surface temperature of about -387 degrees Fahrenheit and a thin atmosphere that is mostly made of nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide. In other words, Pluto is too cold to ...

What has them all het up is the sheer variety of surface features, a look that was barely hinted it at in earlier, blurry approach images from New Horizons. Pluto, you so crazy (pictures) +5 More ...

Last July, the New Horizons spacecraft whizzed past Pluto, and since then scientists have been poring over the data it collected. Pluto is most certainly having its moment. When it was discovered ...

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

The high-resolution image of Pluto’s surface shows us a fraction of the lower left portion of yesterday’s image.John Spencer, a New Horizons science team member, said that the team has yet to ...