Nation Dec 31 WATCH: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to fly past tiny, icy world beyond Pluto NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to fly by the object Ultima Thule at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday. Watch the event here. By Associated Press
Science May 10 5 things you never knew about the New Horizons mission to Pluto NASA New Horizons mission leader Alan Stern and astrobiologist David Grinspoon divulge the most intimate accounts of the decades of planning needed for the Pluto probe in the new book “Chasing New Horizons.”… By Rashmi Shivni
Science Nov 17 Pluto’s heart may conceal an ocean Astronomers have just found the best evidence yet of an entire ocean in an exceedingly unlikely place—the dwarf planet Pluto. By Lee Billings, Scientific American
Science Mar 18 What we’ve learned about Pluto since the flyby NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto continues to astonish in new set of five studies on the dwarf planet. By Nsikan Akpan
Oct 22 NASA carefully steers New Horizons mission toward second target By Joshua Barajas Flight controllers initiated the first of four maneuvers Thursday needed to change New Horizons’ trajectory toward an object elsewhere in the Kuiper Belt. Continue reading
Sep 17 New images reveal what sunset on Pluto looks like By Joshua Barajas NASA released images Thursday that show more details of the dwarf planet's icy landscape. Continue reading
Aug 24 How ‘killing’ Pluto redefined the solar system By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Happy Pluto demotion day!… Continue reading
Jul 24 New Horizons mission spots a hazy silhouette and flowing glaciers on Pluto By Nsikan Akpan Flowing glaciers and a spooky silhouette comprise the latest highlights from the New Horizons mission to Pluto. Continue reading
Jul 24 Meet three scientists behind the Pluto mission By Megan Crigger Shortly after the July 14 flyby of Pluto and its moons, we spoke with three members of the New Horizons mission team: Alice Bowman, the mission operations manager, and Cathy Olkin and Kimberly Ennico-Smith, deputy project scientists. Editor’s note: Women… Continue reading