New close-up images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientists reeling because of their range and complexity. Image: This ...

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 ...

The heart's brightness arises from sunlight reflection, while red patches, formed by tholins, showcase Pluto's atmospheric ...

For the first time, images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft are revealing bright and dark regions on the surface of faraway Pluto the primary target of the New Horizons close flyby in mid-July. The ...

Decades-old pictures of Pluto’s heart are breaking the Internet again. University of Oxford's Dr Carly Howett explains the science behind the New Horizons mission and that famous 5-billion-kilometre ...

A Maryland control room erupted in cheers late Tuesday after mission controllers got word the spacecraft on a historic voyage to Pluto had completed its scientific goals, including taking photos of ...

Pluto looks to be a far cry from the dead body that many scientists had long presumed. As the New Horizons probe continues to report back from the fringes of the solar system, a word that Mr. Spock ...

New Horizons sends back best photos yet as probe closes in on Pluto. New color images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a ...

(NEW YORK) — Pluto continues to surprise scientists who are sifting through the photos and data being sent back to Earth from the New Horizons space probe. The latest curiosity: A photo showing a ...

FLAGSTAFF — As NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zooms ever closer to Pluto, it is sending back images that make even seasoned scientists’ eyes go wide with excitement. “Like a kid in the candy shop,” ...

NASA just released incredible new photos of Pluto's north pole, and they seem to raise more questions about this icy planet. The New Horizons spacecraft took this high-resolution shot as it approached ...

We are about three days from seeing even more images of Pluto like never before. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will fly by at its closest distance to Pluto at approximately 7:49 a.m., July 14, 2015.