Astrum explores everything NASA's New Horizons saw and discovered in the Kuiper Belt around Pluto, Charon and Arrokoth (Ultima Thule).

The most highly anticipated space photos of the year are without question the ones that NASA is releasing of Pluto. Today, at 2 p.m. ET, the agency will unveil their latest batch, which you can ...

In other words, Pluto showing up in Tombaugh’s photos where it did wasn’t the result of careful calculation, but rather a good bit of dumb luck. "Clyde Tombaugh was looking for a phantom ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto turns out to have as much complexity as Mars or Earth, so much so that I ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This high-resolution image captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft combines blue, red and ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh ... The machine involved taking pairs of photos of the evening sky several nights apart and then using a special viewer to rapidly switch between ...

Today, NASA's New Horizons team - which sent the first spacecraft in history to fly over Pluto last week - revealed the latest set of Pluto images that came with some big surprsies and new mysteries.

Pluto, discovered in 1930 ... The machine involved taking pairs of photos of the evening sky several nights apart and then using a special viewer to rapidly switch between the two.

If you stood on Pluto's surface, the Sun would merely appear to be a very bright star. Although previous images showed that something was happening on Pluto, with an average temperature of -240C ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe. Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his ...