(MEDIA GENERAL) – As NASA spacecraft New Horizons continues its way through space, scientists and science enthusiasts have taken to social media to express their feelings on Tuesday’s historic Pluto ...

Finally, a family portrait of Pluto is beginning to emerge! For the first time ever, astronomers have captured two never-before-photographed moons orbiting Pluto. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft ...

Discovered in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory, Pluto was demoted as a planet in 2006. Some want President Trump to take action ...

In the early hours of July 14, a NASA spacecraft will make a historic first encounter with Pluto, the beloved dwarf planet that currently sits about 2.9 billion miles from Earth. The New Horizons ...

NASA chief Jared Issacman appears to be among those who support Pluto being reclassified as a planet. Could President Trump sign an executive order?

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If it weren't for the new budget, New Horizons could keep exploring the outer reaches of the solar system into the 2030s. Reading time 3 minutes On July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew ...

(CNN) — A range of majestic mountains meets with endless plains. On Pluto, billions of miles from the sun’s reach, they are likely both made of ice. And this week, we are seeing close-ups of them with ...

Pluto did in fact both bend and accelerate the trajectory of New Horizons when the spacecraft reconnoitered the dwarf planet in 2015, but only very slightly. There are three reasons the trajectory ...