New Horizons has revealed a degree of diversity and complexity in the Pluto system that few expected in the frigid outer reaches of the solar system. The New Horizons team describes a wide range of ...
The first scientific paper on the findings of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft following its Pluto mission has been released, with some surprising discoveries and new lessons on the farthest reaches of ...
Just over three months ago on July 14, the New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past Pluto, reaching its long-awaited closest approach and marking the first-ever flyby of the dwarf planet. By the time the ...
Scientists have spent 12 years arguing over how to classify Pluto, and a recently published paper offers a new — but surprisingly old — reason for restoring the object's planetary status. The new ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
The US space agency NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reached a distance of 12,500 km from Pluto's surface during its July 14 closest approach. Washington: Pluto is a "fascinating" world with a diverse ...
The first science paper to describe Pluto and its satellites after the New Horizons flyby has been released, just three months after the NASA spacecraft made its historic encounter with the ...
With hard data from the flyby, scientists can have an informed discussion about how Pluto (large) and Charon (small) came into being The first scientific paper to come out of the New Horizons flyby of ...
Less than a year ago, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was fast approaching Pluto, the discoveries since have transformed the way astronomers and the world views the complicated dwarf planet. The team ...