It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

At the far reaches of our Solar System lies Pluto, a mysterious world shrouded in shadows and icy terrain. NASA’s latest ...

NASA has released the latest images from New Horizons’ historic Pluto flyby, which reveal the dwarf planet’s stunning range of surface features.

NASA’s successful mission to snap the first ever detailed photos of Pluto prompted the space agency to highlight similar past accomplishments. The New Horizons spacecraft journeyed 3 billion ...

New Horizons cannot transmit at the same time it’s taking photos, and there’s a 4.5-hour delay between Pluto and Earth. This meant NASA didn’t officially hear back from the probe until ...

Ever wonder what a day on Pluto looks like? Well, NASA has the answer. Thanks to images captured by the New Horizon, we can see Pluto rotating over the course of a full “Pluto day,” which ...

Pluto is the gift that keeps on giving as more photos from the distant dwarf planet continue to roll in from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. The first hi-res color shot of the planet, a strange ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has snapped new images of Pluto — the first taken by the probe during its six-month approach to the dwarf planet. New Horizons captured the new photos — which ...

After 85 years as a mystery, the surface of Pluto is finally coming into focus, with a new NASA photo revealing towering ice mountains rising from its surprisingly youthful face.

It was one of the most ambitious missions for NASA since the turn of the century, with photos reshaping what scientists know ...