Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...

If it weren't for the new budget, New Horizons could keep exploring the outer reaches of the solar system into the 2030s.

The discovery was made by astronomers using the Subaru Telescope, which is situated atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii.

It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons space probe came within 7,800 miles of Pluto, providing NASA scientists with the clearest ...

The New Horizons station is the first man-made object to reach Pluto. Till now, an incredibly distant and barely seen by ...

It was one of the most ambitious missions for NASA since the turn of the century, with photos reshaping what scientists know ...