CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s official: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has gotten humanity’s first up-close look at Pluto. The spacecraft sent word of its triumph Tuesday across 3 billion miles to ...

For decades, Pluto remained one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system, until July 14, 2015, when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft became the first mission to visit it up close, capturing ...

(MEDIA GENERAL) – As NASA spacecraft New Horizons continues its way through space, scientists and science enthusiasts have taken to social media to express their feelings on Tuesday’s historic Pluto ...

Clyde Tombaugh noticed a speck of light that was Pluto in 1930. — -- Clyde Tombaugh is finally getting to visit the speck of light he spotted at the edge of the solar system in 1930. New Horizons ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This high-resolution image captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft combines blue, red and ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- NASA just received a signal back from New Horizons, confirming a successful first flyby of Pluto. Euphoria broke out at NASA as Pluto is now the most distant object reached by ...

A few short hours after the New Horizons spacecraft zooms by Pluto at 31,000 mph Tuesday morning, it will turn, point its radio toward Earth and -- hopefully -- check in to say everything went OK.

The space probe began making discoveries even before today's flyby. — -- Three billion miles and nearly ten years of travel led up to the moment NASA's New Horizons probe zoomed past Pluto today, ...

Dale Hendricks has been tracking the journey of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft since it launched from Cape Canaveral in 2006. On Tuesday, the president of the Quad-Cities Astronomical Society awoke at ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft snapped the first high-resolution photographs of Pluto and its moons this week. The images reveal the planetary system in unprecedented detail — highlighting mountain ...

"The data from the termination shock encounter will be a treasure trove for space physicists worldwide who are eager to understand how this vast boundary works." When you purchase through links on our ...