As New Horizons passed Pluto in July 2015, did the dwarf planet alter the probe's trajectory? Douglas KaupaCouncil Bluffs, ...
Planetary scientists have suspected for months the presence of water on Pluto in the form of towering ice mountains (shown below) — some of which rival Earth's Rocky Mountains in height. But it wasn't ...
Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.
When NASA flew a spacecraft by Pluto for the first time in history on July 14, we were treated to beautiful photos of the dwarf planet's surface, but, unfortunately, there was no video of the flyby — ...
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 ...
“Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of processes that rival anything we’ve seen in the solar system,” said New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest ...
When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto, Earth watched and celebrated. “The target didn’t disappoint,” says Principal Investigator S. Alan Stern. “It’s absolutely stunning.” And even though ...
The surface of Pluto is a lot more complex than scientists ever dreamed of, according to new pictures in the first of many data-dumps by NASA ’s New Horizons spacecraft. For the next year, the probe ...
One of my first memories as a child in the 1950s was a discussion I had with my brother in our tiny bedroom in the family house in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. We had heard in school about a planet called ...
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