New Horizons
Advice for New Horizons from 1989
Suzanne Dodd knows how the New Horizons team must be feeling right now. She guided Voyager 2 on our first flyby of Neptune in 1989.
New Horizons Is Finally Close Enough to Confirm That Pluto Is Red
Although Pluto's reddish colouring has been known for decades, this is the first time it has been directly observed.
Pluto and Its Moons Are Weirder Than We Thought
Increasingly it looks like Pluto is its own, fascinating thing.
NASA Wants Your Help Naming Pluto's Undiscovered Geological Features
Especially if you know a lot about underworld mythology.
Pluto Is Slowly Erasing Its Face
... just in time for its upcoming snapshot, courtesy of NASA's New Horizons mission.
This Tiny Blob Is Pluto, NASA Swears
Don’t worry, the images of Pluto are about to get much more impressive.
After Nine Years in Space, NASA's Pluto Probe Is About to Wake Up
New Horizons won't actually reach the dwarf planet until July, but it has a lot of work to do before then.
Dear Extraterrestrials: Sincerely, Earth.
A follow-up to the Voyager Golden Record project launched by Carl Sagan in 1977, Jon Lomberg's crowdsourced New Horizons message seeks to ship a message to the stars— from all of us.
NASA's Pluto Probe Is Already Planning Its Next Job
The Hubble just added some extra time to New Horizons's life, though it won't reach Pluto for another year.
A New Moon for Pluto, a New Hazard for Spacecraft
Astronomers have found a new moon in orbit around Pluto. It could be a disaster for New Horizons.
NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Is Studying Our Solar System in Its Sleep
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is currently gathering data while in hibernation. Talk about productive.