For decades, Pluto remained one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system, until July 14, 2015, when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft became the first mission to visit it up close, capturing ...

On Tuesday, July 14th of 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its closest encounter with Pluto after a near-decade trek through our solar system. Clyde Tombaugh first discovered Pluto in February ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The observatory where Pluto was discovered is taking full advantage of a flyby of the icy dwarf planet Tuesday with astronomy-themed face painting, an extra Pluto presentation ...

(MEDIA GENERAL) – As NASA spacecraft New Horizons continues its way through space, scientists and science enthusiasts have taken to social media to express their feelings on Tuesday’s historic Pluto ...

The Pluto deluge has begun! Images are trickling in almost every day now including this one taken on July 7 when the spacecraft was just under 5 million miles (8 million km) from Pluto, and is the ...

When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto five years ago this week, it captured detailed views of the mysterious icy dwarf planet on the edge of our solar system. Since then, data gathered ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Little Pluto is a little bigger than anyone imagined. On the eve of NASA's historic flyby of Pluto, scientists announced Monday the New Horizons spacecraft has nailed the size ...

We've done it! We've made it to Pluto. Good gosh, it took 9 1/2 years to get there traveling faster than any planetary probe we've ever sprung into the solar system. While we won't have close up ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- NASA just received a signal back from New Horizons, confirming a successful first flyby of Pluto. Euphoria broke out at NASA as Pluto is now the most distant object reached by ...

Clyde Tombaugh noticed a speck of light that was Pluto in 1930. — -- Clyde Tombaugh is finally getting to visit the speck of light he spotted at the edge of the solar system in 1930. New Horizons ...

full advantage of a flyby of the icy dwarf planet Tuesday with astronomy-themed face painting, an extra Pluto presentation and a live NASA stream that will tell the world whether the mission was ...