Pluto

New Horizons Back 'Online' After Glitch

By Peter R - Jul 06, 2015 01:36 PM EDT

The spacecraft went incommunicado on Saturday, just about a week before its July 14 Pluto flyby.

Pluto's Moons Football-Shaped Chaotic Sytems, Hubble Tells NASA

By Peter R - Jun 04, 2015 04:46 PM EDT

Data from Hubble Space Telescope has revealed that Pluto's moons move erratically due to combined gravitational field of Pluto and Charon.

New Horizons Probe Has Sent First Full Family Photo of Pluto and Its Five Moons

By Kamal Nayan - May 14, 2015 03:35 AM EDT

NASA's New Horizons probe has sent back the first images of the Pluto and the five moons that orbit it.

NASA's New Horizons Clicks Pluto's Camera-Shy Moons 'Kerberos' and 'Styx'

By Peter R - May 13, 2015 02:57 PM EDT

Two Pluto's smallest moons, Kerberos and Styx, are not easily visible given their smaller size and faintness.

Two More Dwarf Planets Likely In Our Solar Systems Orbiting Sun

By Kamal Nayan - Jan 17, 2015 11:10 AM EST

At least a couple of new planets larger than Earth might be present in our solar system beyond Pluto, orbiting sun, according to a new analysis.

NASA Awakens New Horizons Spacecraft to Explore Pluto

By Peter R - Dec 08, 2014 01:14 PM EST

New Horizons spacecraft which is 2.9 billion miles away from Earth is now all set to capture images of Pluto to enhance its understanding.

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