New Horizons Is Drawing Nearer to Pluto

New Horizons Is Drawing Nearer to Pluto

The spacecraft is scheduled to reach its destination next year

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 22nd, 2011
New Horizons Could Reveal Hidden Ocean on Pluto

New Horizons Could Reveal Hidden Ocean on Pluto

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

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 27th, 2011
Eris' Diameter Finally Established

Eris' Diameter Finally Established

The dwarf planet appears to be Pluto's twin sibling

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 6th, 2011
Dwarf Planet Remnants Revealed in Antarctica

Dwarf Planet Remnants Revealed in Antarctica

Experts find rocks that originated from a Pluto-sized object

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 6th, 2011
Hypothesizing About Pluto's Nature

Hypothesizing About Pluto's Nature

New Horizons will soon provide the actual answers

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 26th, 2011
Why Haumea Is Covered in Ice

Why Haumea Is Covered in Ice

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 8th, 2011
Dawn Captures Clearer View of Vesta

Dawn Captures Clearer View of Vesta

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 20th, 2011
Pluto's Atmosphere Is Poisonous

Pluto's Atmosphere Is Poisonous

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 17th, 2010
New Horizons Getting Ready for Uranus Flyby

New Horizons Getting Ready for Uranus Flyby

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 28th, 2010
Of Pluto, Eris and Other Dwarf Planets

Of Pluto, Eris and Other Dwarf Planets

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 14th, 2010
Fourteen Large Trans-Neptunian Objects Found

Fourteen Large Trans-Neptunian Objects Found

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 6th, 2010
The Asteroid Pallas Becomes Visible in the Night Sky

The Asteroid Pallas Becomes Visible in the Night Sky

It will remain so throughout the week

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 30th, 2010
New Explanation for Pluto's Spots Proposed

New Explanation for Pluto's Spots Proposed

Astronomers found them using Hubble

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 12th, 2010
New Method of Classifying Planets Proposed

New Method of Classifying Planets Proposed

It departs from the 'classical' way of looking at this issue

 
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