Charon
Icy world Charon is 1,200 kilometers across. That makes Pluto’s largest moon only about 1/10th the size of […]
Astronomy
50 Miles on Pluto
A 50 mile (80 kilometer) trip across Pluto would cover the distance indicated by the scale bar in […]
Pluto Resolved
New Horizons has survived its close encounter with Pluto and has resumed sending back images and data. The […]
New Horizons Passes Pluto and Charon
Will the New Horizons spacecraft survive its closest approach to Pluto and return useful images and data? Humanity […]
Last Look at Plutos Charon Side
Pluto surface is strange. As the robotic New Horizons barrels toward its closest approach to Pluto and its […]
Messier 43
Often imaged but rarely mentioned, Messier 43 is a large star forming region in its own right. It’s […]
5 Million Miles from Pluto
An image snapped on July 7 by the New Horizons spacecraft while just under 5 million miles (8 […]