New Horizons' Pluto Flyby: Latest News, Images and Video

Learn more about NASA's New Horizons mission, which performed history's first flyby of the Pluto system on July 14, 2015.

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NASA Unveils New Maps of Pluto, Moon Charon for Flyby Anniversary

July 17, 2017 | Article

On the two-year anniversary of the New Horizons probe's flyby of Pluto, mission scientists unveiled two detailed global maps of the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon.
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The Most Amazing Space Stories of the Week!

July 15, 2017 | Countdown

Juno captures images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a massive iceberg breaks off Antarctica, more evidence emerges for Planet Nine and extremophiles outlive humans in Space.com's top stories for the week.
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Soar Over Pluto and Charon in Dazzling New Horizons Anniversary Videos

July 15, 2017 | Article

You can relive New Horizons' epic Pluto flyby, thanks to two amazing videos NASA released Friday (July 14), the two-year anniversary of the landmark event.
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Flashback: 'Guitar God' Joe Satriani’s Pluto Fly-By Impressions | Music + Video

July 14, 2017 | Video

Satriani is well known to lean on space and science themes in creating his instrumental guitar-driven music. Space.com video producer @SteveSpaleta reached out to 'Satch,' combining Joe’s verbal reactions with some of the amazing Pluto imagery.
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Pluto Flyby Anniversary: The Most Amazing Photos from NASA's New Horizons

July 14, 2017 | Image Album

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft performed the first-ever flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015. In honor of this landmark event's two-year anniversary, Space.com put together a gallery of incredible Pluto flyby photos.
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Happy Anniversary, New Horizons! Probe Flew by Pluto 2 Years Ago Today

July 14, 2017 | Article

On July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zoomed within 7,800 miles (12,550 kilometers) of Pluto, capturing the first-ever up-close looks at the dwarf planet system.
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Planet Nine? 'Extreme' Objects Hint at More Evidence of Possible Unseen World

July 13, 2017 | Article

A new salvo has been fired in the back-and-forth debate about the existence of Planet Nine.
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The 7 Biggest Mysteries of Saturn

July 13, 2017 | Countdown

Saturn's ringed world has attracted attention ever since humans first looked at the sky. Here are some of Saturn's lingering mysteries after the Cassini mission arrived there in 2004.
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Sunrise on Saturn: Gorgeous Cassini Photo Shows Start of New Day

July 11, 2017 | Article

The ringed planet is partly hidden in darkness and partly illuminated by the faint light of a distant sun in a gorgeous photo taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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Superdense Extraterrestrial Ice Formed in a (Laser) Flash

July 11, 2017 | Article

In a new experiment, researchers have created a super-dense version of ice found deep within icy moons and colliding comets, and watched it form in nanoseconds.
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