Launched in January 2006 on a 3-billion-mile journey to Pluto, New Horizons "phoned home" after its Pluto flyby, indicating that it had successfully navigated just 7,700 miles from the dwarf planet.

Pluto Close-Ups Show 'Snakeskin' Texture of Dwarf Planet's Surface NASA has released a new batch of images from the New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond, showing the dwarf planet in the best ...

"There is a pronounced difference in texture between the younger, ... (60 kilometers) long and 22 miles (35 km) wide. Pluto lies in the distant Kuiper Belt, with similar rock-and-ice bodies.

NASA celebrates James Webb telescope anniversary with new images 05:25. Scientists have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, offering ...