The changing faces of Pluto| The predominant color of Pluto's surface is thought to result from ultraviolet radiation from the distant Sun breaking down methane on the planet's surface, leaving a dark ...
Recently, a days-long communication blackout was triggered after a radio command sent by Earth to turn on the probe's heaters ...
The probe is the farthest spacecraft from Earth, operating beyond the heliosphere — the sun’s bubble of magnetic fields and ...
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A NASA spokesperson said via email that the image above, which appeared on the agency's website, was not the original, but "a ...
Though technically not a planet, it has as rich geology as any of its planetary siblings in the solar system A color-enhanced photo of Pluto that was captured by the New Horizons spacecraft in ...
If there's one thing that November promises it's a return to relative normality after the rollercoaster of October eclipses, ...
The 47-year-old NASA Voyager 1 fell back on a radio transmitter it hadn’t used since 1981 to ping home base after a technical ...