When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015, it revealed a world far more active and complex than scientists expected. Researchers later found evidence that a liquid ocean may exist ...

Scientists have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, offering clues about the origins of the space rock and other celestial objects in the ...

University of Maryland astronomers Silvia Protopapa and Douglas Hamilton are among the authors of the first published paper from the New Horizons flyby, which appears in the Oct. 16, 2015, issue of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A heart-shaped 'splat' on Pluto's surface has captivated scientists for nearly a decade. New simulations finally reveal where it ...

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When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto in 2015, it revealed an incredible world of ice and haze carved by various geological processes — hinting that an ocean may have played a role in the ...

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 ...

Pluto will complete its first orbit since 1930 in 2178, a historic 248-year space journey that spans generations of humans.

The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of astrophysicists. The team is the first to successfully reproduce the ...

Astronomers have detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the frozen surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. These discoveries add to ...

JWST detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Charon's surface. Hydrogen peroxide suggests ongoing chemical reactions on Charon. Charon's carbon dioxide likely came from below its surface.

New information about Pluto's largest moon that was revealed by a NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) telescope was shared publicly this week. The journal Nature Communications on ...