Over that relatively short period, background ... exploration of Pluto is not likely anytime soon. New Horizons has long since soared billions of miles into deep space and no other Plutonian ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! He called this hypothetical world "Planet X." "In some ways, Pluto's more of a planet than some of the ...

After almost a decade in space, the New Horizons probe's close encounter with Pluto lasted just six days as it hurtled past at nearly 50,000 kilometres an hour. I was lucky enough to witness ...

On February 18, 1930, the American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto! Before he discovered Pluto, another astronomer named Percival Lowell had spent over a decade trying to find it.

"Pluto is a complex and mysterious world with mountains, valleys, plains, craters, and glaciers. It is located in the distant Kuiper Belt," the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.

"The data from the termination shock encounter will be a treasure trove for space physicists worldwide ... conducted the first and only flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest ...