A groundbreaking mission that explored Pluto and distant solar system objects in unprecedented detail has woken from its ...
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently came out of hibernation to continue its journey through an unexplored part of the ...
The spacecraft had been in hibernation for close to a year, and is set to continue operations.
Scientists have detected evidence of landslides on Pluto for the first time. A paper published in the journal Icarus reports ...
The probe is set to become the third human-made object to leave the solar system, but it must first cross this mysterious ...
New Horizons is often placed into a resource-saving mode while cruising long distances, and had been in hibernation near ...
NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Just Woke Up From a Long Nap Ahead of Exploring Beyond Pluto ...
Just when it seemed humanity’s most distant planetary explorer had gone quiet once again, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has awakened 6 billion miles from Earth, well beyond Pluto’s orbit. The timing ...
In this roundup of space news, we talk about sugar molecules in space, a call for volunteers for a simulated Moon/Mars mission and next steps for NASA's New Horizons probe.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft completed its swift flyby of Pluto after a nine-year journey. The mission prioritized data ...
It’s official: Pluto’s “heart” now bears the name of pioneering American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in 1930. And a crater on Pluto is now officially named after Venetia Burney, ...
Our best understanding of the origin of comets is that they formed in the protoplanetary disk, at distances from the Sun ranging from the distance of proto-Jupiter to far beyond the distance of ...