New Horizons

Pluto may have once had huge cryovolcanic ice flows

Ice volcanoes on Pluto may have created weird, lumpy landscape.

By Phil Plait | 

11 months ago

The face of Pluto is slowly changing and now we know why

Pluto’s heart-shaped Sputnik Planitia beats with geologic activity.

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 year ago

We got to Pluto just in time: Its air is starting to freeze out

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago

Almost 4.7 billion miles from the Sun, there is more on the horizon for the New Horizons mission

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

Space is obviously dark, but how dark can it get?

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

2 years ago

Pluto's mountains are capped with... methane snow?

By Phil Plait | 

2 years ago

Pluto’s far side: Exploring the backside of a tiny iceworld

By Phil Plait | 

2 years ago

Did Pluto start hot or cold?

By Phil Plait | 

2 years ago

New Horizons probe delivers first-ever parallax images of interstellar space

By Jeff Spry | 

2 years ago

Breathe easy: Pluto's atmosphere isn't about to collapse

By Phil Plait | 

2 years ago