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NASA has announced it's intending to change the New Horizons mission's primary target from studying Kuiper Belt objects to heliophysics.

After 15 Year Journey, NASA Suddenly Redirecting Deep Space Mission to New Target

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have recreated the conditions in Pluto's atmosphere in a lab to investigate what's behind the red spots observed by New Horizons.

Scientists Puzzled by Giant Red Patches on Pluto

By Victor Tangermann

According to new research, the shape of our solar system's heliosphere could resemble a "deflated croissant," not a comet with a long tail.

NASA Imaged the Bubble Around the Solar System and… Yikes

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new study, Pluto may have started its life as a hot world with a massive underground ocean of liquid water.

Science & Energy

Scientists: There’s Evidence Pluto Has an Underground Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's New Horizons space probe is so far away from Earth that it can see stars from entirely different angles than ever before.

Science & Energy

NASA Spacecraft so Far Away It Can See Stars from Different Angle

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just funded a study to determine the feasibility of a Pluto orbiter, which would provide a much closer look at the dwarf planet than New Horizons did.

Science & Energy

NASA Is Seriously Considering a Pluto Orbiter

By Victor Tangermann

Johns Hopkins University and NASA released the most high-resolution image of Ultima Thule yet, in all its dented and scarred glory.

New HD Photo of Ultima Thule Looks Like a Giant Beat Up BB-8

By Victor Tangermann

In a live stream, NASA's New Horizon spacecraft team revealed new details about Ultima Thule — a space rock floating 6.6 kilometers away from Earth.

Here’s NASA’s Newly-Released Image of Ultima Thule

By Victor Tangermann

The ongoing government shutdown means that 95 percent of NASA's workforce is home on furlough during New Horizons' historic flyby.

Gov Shutdown Means 95 Percent of NASA Employees Aren’t At Work

By Jon Christian

After whizzing past Pluto in July 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is fast approaching Ultima Thule — an odd space rock 6.6 billion kilometers away.

New Horizons Will Fly Past the Most Distant Object We’ve Ever Visited

By Victor Tangermann

NASA’s Recent Pictures of Objects in the Kuiper Belt Just Broke Records

NASA’s Recent Pictures of Objects in the Kuiper Belt Just Broke Records

New Horizons Space Probe Captures the Farthest Photo Ever Taken From Earth

New Horizons Space Probe Captures the Farthest Photo Ever Taken From Earth

NASA Is Finally Going to Wake up the New Horizons Spacecraft

NASA Is Finally Going to Wake up the New Horizons Spacecraft

Alan Stern: We Are Returning to Pluto

Alan Stern: We Are Returning to Pluto

By Neil C. Bhavsar

Goodnight, New Horizons. Sleep Well.

Science & Energy

Goodnight, New Horizons. Sleep Well.

By Patrick Caughill

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New Evidence for an Ocean on Pluto

By Cecille De Jesus