It’s Christmas in July for planetary scientists, engineers, and space nerds throughout the world. On July 14 at 7:49AM ET, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft whizzed by dwarf planet Pluto, making it the first manmade object to reach this mysterious space rock in our Solar System. It has taken nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto, and it’s gathering a ton of valuable information, including atmospheric measurements, spectral data, and high-res imaging. Stay tuned as we receive more photos and information over the coming weeks.
- Feb 19, 2016, 1:30 AM UTC
Pluto's moon Charon may have had an ancient ocean
New Horizons photos suggest frozen water made Charon bigger
- Nov 9, 2015, 7:08 PM UTC
Pluto may have two ice volcanoes near its south pole
The dwarf planet also has some pretty wobbly moons
By Loren Grush
- Oct 22, 2015, 6:59 PM UTC
New Horizons completes the 'family portrait' of Pluto's moons
Kerberos is the last one to be photographed
By Sean O'Kane
- Oct 15, 2015, 6:00 PM UTC
New Horizons scientists publish the first scientific study of Pluto
Three months after finally meeting the dwarf planet, what have they learned?
By Sean O'Kane
- Oct 8, 2015, 5:04 PM UTC
New Horizons captures images of water ice and blue skies on Pluto
By Colin Lecher
- Sep 18, 2015, 7:30 PM UTC
Fly over Pluto in this new video from NASA and New Horizons
Last week's images, animated
By Sean O'Kane
- Sep 12, 2015, 2:42 PM UTC
See a new, full view of Pluto in high resolution
New mosaic shows another unprecedented view
By Sean O'Kane
- Aug 14, 2015, 4:13 PM UTC
Ride shotgun with New Horizons in this video of the Pluto flyby
By Sean O'Kane
- Jul 22, 2015, 10:38 AM UTC
NASA's mission to Pluto is the best PR money can buy
$700 million plus a bunch of committed scientists is all it took to revive our fascination with space
By Vlad Savov
- Jul 21, 2015, 9:07 PM UTC
New high-resolution Pluto image shows second icy mountain range
By Loren Grush
- Jul 21, 2015, 5:16 PM UTC
NASA unveils closer images of Pluto's weirdly shaped moons Nix and Hydra
By Loren Grush
- Jul 17, 2015, 8:05 PM UTC
Pluto's escaping atmosphere extends 1,000 miles out into space
That's more than 13 times farther than Earth's atmosphere reaches
By Loren Grush
- Jul 17, 2015, 6:40 PM UTC
This new NASA video lets you fly over Pluto's massive ice mountains
By Sean O'Kane
- Jul 16, 2015, 5:57 PM UTC
High-res image of Pluto's moon Charon shows strange depressed mountain
By Loren Grush
- Jul 16, 2015, 1:41 PM UTC
Watching the Pluto flyby with the New Horizons team
Moon socks, Bill Nye, and lots of happy tears
By Sean O'Kane
- Jul 15, 2015, 7:39 PM UTC
First close-up image of Pluto's moon Hydra reveals its awkward shape
By Loren Grush
- Jul 15, 2015, 7:17 PM UTC
New Horizons delivers clearest image yet of Pluto’s moon Charon
By Loren Grush
- Jul 15, 2015, 12:58 AM UTC
Pluto probe phones home, is alive and healthy
New Horizons is already back to work and speeding away from the dwarf planet
By Sean O'Kane
- Jul 14, 2015, 8:04 PM UTC
NASA’s new false-color images of Pluto and Charon are psychedelic and informative
One more thing...
By Sean O'Kane
- Jul 14, 2015, 5:39 PM UTC
Eating breakfast with Pluto and Neil deGrasse Tyson
What it was like watching the New Horizons fly by with a bunch of planetary scientists
By Loren Grush
- Jul 14, 2015, 5:28 PM UTC
Pluto the dog can, like, totally be seen on Pluto the dwarf planet
By Ross Miller
- Jul 14, 2015, 1:38 PM UTC
NASA gives Instagram the exclusive on Pluto
Space agency publishes most detailed image of dwarf planet on the photo sharing service first
