On this date, Jan. 19, 2006, the first probe ever destined to visit Pluto, its moons and other Kuiper belt objects launched from Launch Complex 41 at what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Most moons orbit their planets, but Pluto and Charon are different—they revolve around a point in space between them! 🔄 Why does this happen, and what did NASA’s New Horizons mission reveal about ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

but has a moon, Charon, that is half its size. This composite of enhanced colour images of Pluto and Charon was taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft as it passed through the Pluto system in 2015.

Whereas a moon usually orbits a planet ... Astronomers have been plotting a return of New Horizons to Pluto, with a potential new mission called Persephone. You can see NASA's concept for the ...

Pluto seemed hopelessly cold and distant until 2015, when NASA’s New Horizons space probe beamed ... long-term relationship with its largest moon, Charon. It started with a collision — one ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

February 8th has witnessed a multitude of significant events throughout history, spanning various categories such as science, ...

In 2019, the New Horizons Probe, which had already provided ... On Earth we get tides from the influence of the moon. In Pluto's case, the impact and subsequent tidal forces after separating ...

Whether you're diving into creative endeavors or realigning your goals, February is all about letting the winds of change ...