NASA’s Pluto Probe Could Lose 2 Key Instruments at a Crucial Moment
An iconic NASA probe is currently around 6 billion miles (9.7 billion kilometers) away from Earth, returning data…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: A look at the stars of Harry Potter | Astronomy
Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of…
Pluto’s Famous Glacial Heart Has Been Secretly Leaking Liquid Nitrogen
Odd surface patterns on Pluto hinted to astronomers that, sometime in the past—quite possibly not that long ago—liquid…
Pluto’s Atmosphere May Finally Be Starting to Collapse
Pluto’s orbit around the Sun is a long, elliptical journey that lasts 248 Earth years. Right now, Pluto…
Pluto’s Thin Atmosphere May Be Starting to Shrink
Pluto’s tenuous atmosphere appears to have begun contracting after years of holding steady, according to a new study…
Pluto’s moon Charon may have once spun once every 14 hours, and its ancient mountains still record how it slowed down |
For decades, Charon was often viewed as the quieter half of the Pluto system, a frozen world marked…
11 Years After Historic Flyby, Scientists Discover Giant Landslides on Pluto
In July 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gave us our first look at Pluto’s surface in spectacular detail.…
Pluto’s Moon Charon Shows Signs Of “Despinning”, New Study Finds
New research reveals that Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, once spun far faster than it does today. Scientists have…
NASA’s New Horizons Wakes Up From Hibernation Beyond Pluto, More Than 10 Billion Kilometers from Earth
Artist’s rendering of the New Horizons spacecraft approaching Pluto and its three moons. Credit: NASA. Whomst has awakened…
NASA’s New Horizons probe awakens after long hibernation near Pluto
The New Horizons probe has awakened after hibernating for nearly a year, billions of miles into deep space,…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes from Hibernation in Good Health
Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good…
Mysterious Compound Detected on Pluto and Titan
A look at the dwarf planet Pluto and Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, baffled astronomers after the James Webb…