Pluto is part of the Kuiper Belt, the outer ring of the solar system containing countless chunks of space ice of varying sizes. In February 2007 the New Horizons spacecraft used Jupiter to slingshot it with a gravitational boost toward Pluto, cutting three years off the trip. Like any good...
The mission team has released a new 3D image based on photographs the New Horizons spacecraft snapped while it was as close as 4,100 miles (6,600 kilometers) to the Kuiper Belt object, which is officially known as 2014 MU69. The images are part of the team's continuing work to better...
Stars are born from turbulent clouds of gas and dust that collapse under their own gravitational attraction. As the cloud collapses, a dense, hot core forms and begins gathering dust and gas, creating a protostar. This star-forming nebula in the constellation Aquila, G035.20-0.74, is known fo...
Teledyne e2v has Provided New Horizons With Two Specialist Image Sensors Share Post