Discover the incredible story of NASA's New Horizons mission, from its 2006 launch aboard an Atlas V rocket to its historic ...

Once thought to be a frozen, lifeless dwarf planet, Pluto is proving to be surprisingly dynamic. New Horizons revealed ...

Decades-old pictures of Pluto’s heart are breaking the Internet again. University of Oxford's Dr Carly Howett explains the science behind the New Horizons mission and that famous 5-billion-kilometre ...

The heart's brightness arises from sunlight reflection, while red patches, formed by tholins, showcase Pluto's atmospheric ...

Pluto, once considered the ninth planet, was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 because it shares its orbital path with other objects. Despite its demotion, this distant world continues to ...

(This photo of Pluto, taken in 2015, is from NASA's New Horizons space probe, which was launched in — you guessed it — 2006.) ...

Baby stars, teenage planets, and disappearing icebergs are all featured this week. Plus, a look back at a New Horizons image ...

Queen legend Sir Brian May posed with his wife Lady Anita Dobson as they enjoyed the premiere of Cirque Du Soleil's show Ovo ...

On January 19, 1915, the world saw the first large-scale aerial bombing raid on Britain when German Zeppelin airships ...

NASA is quietly ending financial support for independent planetary science advisory groups, according to a letter posted to ...

NASA and the Department of Energy signed an agreement earlier this week committing to put a nuclear reactor on the moon in ...

Southwest Research Institute’s (SwRI) Dr. Michael Davis has been named a Fellow of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).