NASA explains Pluto's newly discovered "blue sky" and whether or not potential astronauts could ever witness an Earth-like sunrise. The New Horizons space probe sent back its first color images of ...
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 24, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical ...
Clyde Tombaugh, who was born on this day in 1906, grew up on a farm in Kansas and was captivated by sights of the moon and ...
The debate over Pluto’s planetary status has been ongoing since its reclassification as a “dwarf planet” in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Recent discussions and new scientific ...
If you've ever wondered what it'd be like to land on a distant world, you have to watch this video of the New Horizons spacecraft's approach to Pluto. NASA released the captivating video, starting off ...
The New Horizons mission to visit Pluto is "a triumph of engineering and the laws of physics," famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson told NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt on Tuesday, the day the ...
Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show. On Tuesday, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the previously unexplored world in all its icy glory. It promises to ...
On January 5, 2005, astronomers at NASA discovered Eris, the second-largest dwarf planet in the solar system. Eris is just slightly smaller than Pluto, and it orbits the sun about three times farther ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the ...