NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been speeding through space since early 2006 and it’s about to make what might be its most interesting flyby to date. After speeding past Jupiter and Pluto ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers used NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to measure this faint glow. Led by Marc Postman from the Space Telescope Science Institute, the team sought to answer a ...

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 ...

We know about Pluto. But we don’t really know it. That will change on July 14, when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to fly within 8,000 miles of the frozen dwarf. It’s a risky ...

University of Arizona researchers have unveiled evidence of romance at the farthest reaches of the solar system: a cosmic ...

NASA launched the New Horizons probe which would provide never-before-seen images of the dwarf planet, its moons and other objects.

The New Horizons spacecraft has come out of hibernation to begin preparations for its January 2019 flyby of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) 2014 MU69, nicknamed “Ultima Thule”. The flyby ...

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

Using computer models, researchers studying Pluto and its moon, Charon, have discovered an unforeseen kind of cosmic ...

“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 ...

On this date, Jan. 19, 2006, the first probe ever destined to visit Pluto, its moons and other Kuiper belt objects launched from Launch Complex 41 at what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.