Stories about: New Horizons  

Yet another glorious week has gone by, here’s our latest round-up of the best and most important science news

The image, taken on April 9 and beamed back to Earth the following day, also shows Pluto's largest moon, Charon

The images were obtained by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, now en route to the distant Pluto system

The probe left our planet back in 2006, has since covered a distance of about 3 billion miles (4.8 billion kilometers)

The spacecraft came out of hibernation this past December 6, is expected to begin researching Pluto in January 2015

The NASA spacecraft is expected to make a close encounter with Pluto on July 14, 2015

The spacecraft will fly close to the planet, snap as many photos of it as possible

The object was discovered at the end of last month

The spacecraft is scheduled to reach its destination next year

It features new skills and explorable areas, better UI and much more

The New Horizons spacecraft may be turned into space junk

Newly-discovered moon hints at possible obstacles in its path

It was only in 2011 that scientists found the world's fourth natural satellite

The spacecraft is currently still in hibernation mode

The space probe is heading for a 2015 meeting with Pluto

Researchers recently met to assess these newly-thought-of risks

The space probe will not reach the dwarf planet for another 3 years