NASA Announces Spacecraft Flyby of Object Four Billion Miles from Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists announced that a spacecraft will fly by an object four billion miles from Earth.
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NASA Scientists Propose New Definition for Planets That Would Include Pluto
Pluto — along with more than 100 other objects in our solar system — may be considered a planet after all if a new suggested definition is accepted.
Watch: Amazing View of Pluto from New Horizons
This close up image from the New Horizons probe shows a detailed look at Pluto’s craters, mountains, and icy landscape.
Hi-Def Photos of Pluto Reveal Ice World with Unexplained Geologic Activity
Fifty years after the US space program set out to explore all the planets in our solar system, the New Horizons probe came within 7,800 miles of Pluto, giving us the first amazing and surprising images of an ice world with unexplained geologic activity.
Watch: Pluto Probe Phones Home
NASA’s v space probe has phoned home to say it’s successfully passed Pluto. There were scenes of jubilation when the space agency was contacted by the craft, almost 24 hours after it first crossed paths with the dwarf planet. Sky’s Mark
NASA Prepares For a Close Encounter With Pluto
When the probe gets closer, maybe we’ll discover Pluto’s heart is broken, because we don’t call it a planet any more. Have we tried asking Pluto if it identifies as a planet? Why aren’t we more concerned about making it feel unsafe with exclusionary astro-normative trigger language?
