New close-up images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientists reeling because of their range and complexity. Image: This ...

The heart's brightness arises from sunlight reflection, while red patches, formed by tholins, showcase Pluto's atmospheric ...

For decades, Pluto remained one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system, until July 14, 2015, when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft became the first mission to visit it up close, capturing ...

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 ...

Decades-old pictures of Pluto’s heart are breaking the Internet again. University of Oxford's Dr Carly Howett explains the science behind the New Horizons mission and that famous 5-billion-kilometre ...

Pluto looks to be a far cry from the dead body that many scientists had long presumed. As the New Horizons probe continues to report back from the fringes of the solar system, a word that Mr. Spock ...

When Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930, he could not have known that he was opening a whole field of science that is only now coming into its own: the study of planetary landscapes, or ...

New Horizons sends back best photos yet as probe closes in on Pluto. New color images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a ...

FLAGSTAFF — As NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zooms ever closer to Pluto, it is sending back images that make even seasoned scientists’ eyes go wide with excitement. “Like a kid in the candy shop,” ...

(NEW YORK) — Pluto continues to surprise scientists who are sifting through the photos and data being sent back to Earth from the New Horizons space probe. The latest curiosity: A photo showing a ...

NASA unveiled new images today from its New Horizons mission to Pluto, showing more detail on the dwarf planet's surface -- as well as additional evidence of flowing ice. Share on Facebook (opens in a ...

We are about three days from seeing even more images of Pluto like never before. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will fly by at its closest distance to Pluto at approximately 7:49 a.m., July 14, 2015.