Meanwhile, the New Horizons spacecraft has basic optics and is now about 6.5 billion miles distant (twice as far from the sun as Pluto). So they had drastically different viewpoints on the giant ...

The US space agency's New Horizons probe has made contact with Earth to confirm its successful flyby of the icy world known as Ultima Thule. The encounter occurred some 6.5bn km (4bn miles ...

Two NASA spacecraft have teamed up to capture direct images of Uranus. The Hubble Space Telescope and the New Horizons Pluto ...

Pluto may have been downgraded from full-planet status, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hold a special place in scientist's ...

The pictures, taken by the New Horizons probe on 1 January, show the apparently bulbous body to be quite flat. This interpretation is evident from the data acquired by the Nasa spacecraft when it ...

“The agency decided that it was best to extend operations for New Horizons until the spacecraft exits the Kuiper Belt, which is expected in 2028 through 2029.” After exiting the Kuiper Belt it ...

Oct. 11, 2024 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from ...

2024 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very ...

Mapping Pluto Broken Heart | This image was taken by the New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on the morning ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (left) and NASA's New Horizon's spacecraft (right) image the planet Uranus. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

Though technically not a planet, it has as rich geology as any of its planetary siblings in the solar system A color-enhanced photo of Pluto that was captured by the New Horizons spacecraft in ...