NASA probe beams sharpest ever images of PlutoMission scientists expect more imagery from this set over the next several days, showing even more terrain at this highest resolution.
06 Dec, 2015, 12.52 PM IST
Pluto may have giant icy volcanoes: NASAThe two cryovolcano candidates are large features measuring tens of kilometres across and several kilometres high, NASA said.
10 Nov, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
Planetoid beyond Pluto New Horizons' next destinationThis remote Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as 2014 MU69 was one of two identified as potential destinations and the one recommended to NASA.
31 Aug, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
NASA New Horizons spacecraft finds haze, flowing ice on PlutoAnalysis of the image shows two distinct layers of haze - one about 80 kilometres above the surface and the other at 50 kilometres.
26 Jul, 2015, 02.30 PM IST
Here's how much a mission to Pluto costsNASA's New Horizons mission sent a spacecraft to fly over Pluto for the very first time in history, and they did it on a budget of $720 mil...
24 Jul, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
Pluto's revenge: Massive interest dwarfs ex-planet's demotionA probe, a flyby, a journey of three billion miles. As new horizons open up, the celestial body makes a comeback on Earth.
16 Jul, 2015, 02.48 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates NASA on Pluto missionPrime Minister Narendra Modi tonight congratulated NASA for its success in space exploration as its spaceship sent data and photos of Pluto.
15 Jul, 2015, 11.28 PM IST
US President Barack Obama Obama, Stephen Hawking congratulate NASA on Pluto Flyby"Pluto just had its first visitor! Thanks @NASA - it's a great day for discovery and American leadership," tweeted Obama.
15 Jul, 2015, 06.30 PM IST
NASA receives the critical message that proves its spacecraft reached Pluto after 9 1/2 yearsAbout 99% of the scientific data the spacecraft has gathered has not been transmitted to Earth - it's still stored on the spacecraft.
15 Jul, 2015, 12.48 PM IST
Pluto larger than previously thought: NASAThe size was determined from images acquired with the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard New Horizons spacecraft.
14 Jul, 2015, 03.37 PM IST
11 facts about NASA's epic nuclear-powered mission to PlutoOn July 14, an epic once-in-a-lifetime event will take place: NASA will fly their spacecraft, New Horizons, by Pluto.
14 Jul, 2015, 01.13 PM IST
NASA counts down to nail-biter Pluto flybyA NASA spacecraft will reveal details of Pluto's surface for the first time, as it speeds by the dwarf planet after a near decade-long jour...
14 Jul, 2015, 01.02 PM IST
Here's everything you need to know about the Pluto mission in a minuteTomorrow morning, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will complete its nine-year, 4.6-billion-mile journey to the icy dwarf planet.
14 Jul, 2015, 11.57 AM IST
A group of astronomers is the only reason NASA is about to visit the last unexplored worldA spacecraft that's been traveling for 10 years is about to make history when it flies past Pluto and captures our first close up view of t...
08 Jul, 2015, 01.21 PM IST
NASA spacecraft ready for Pluto flyby after glitchThe recent computer glitch that triggered communication breakdown with NASA's New Horizon spacecraft has been rectified.
06 Jul, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
NASA reveals colour images of Pluto and CharonThese near-true colour movies were assembled from images made in three colours by the multi-colour visible imaging camera on the instrument...
22 Jun, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
NASA spacecraft set for first Pluto encounterThe spacecraft is entering the first of several approach phases that culminate on July 14 with the first close-up flyby of Pluto.
16 Jan, 2015, 01.49 PM IST