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

At the far reaches of our Solar System lies Pluto, a mysterious world shrouded in shadows and icy terrain. NASA’s latest ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest moon—including the presence of ...

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

Pluto, once a distant mystery, is now revealing astonishing secrets,thanks to NASA’s New Horizons mission. This video dives into the incredible discoveries made during the historic flyby, including ...

NASA's New Horizons probe flew by Pluto nearly eight years ago, but the epic encounter is still bearing scientific fruit. New Horizons gave humanity its first up-close looks at Pluto on July 14 ...

NASA's New Horizons mission is the first probe to study Pluto, its moons and other worlds within the Kuiper Belt up close. It was launched on January 2006, and successfully made its closest ...

After a journey of 9.5 years across 3 billion miles of space, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is about three months away from its closest approach to the dwarf planet Pluto.

Pluto's surface temperature of minus-378 to minus-396 degrees is too cold to sustain life, according to NASA. New Horizons, launched in 2006, was the only spacecraft to visit Pluto. It sailed by ...

Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show. On Tuesday, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the unexplored world in all its icy glory.

In this handout provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the dwarf planet Pluto (R) and its largest moon, Charon, are shown on July 11, 2015.

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