NASA's New Horizons spaceship to flyby farthest world ever photographed on New Year's Day
The New Horizons flyby of Ultima Thule is expected to help scientists better understand what conditions were like when our solar system formed billions of years ago.
Jan 01, 2019, 14:29 PM IST
New Goblin world discovered: This could solve mystery of Super-Earth outside solar system
Super-Earth (Planet Nine) is a world '10 times the mass of Earth and 20 times farther from the sun than Neptune.'
Oct 03, 2018, 10:35 AM IST
NASA's New Horizons creates history, captures farthest images by any spacecraft
The new images released by NASA on Thursday were captured by New Horizons when the spacecraft was more than 6.12 billion km away.
Feb 09, 2018, 11:50 AM IST
Did a new planet just reveal itself? Scientists discover Mars-sized object at the edge of the solar system!
In other words, something unknown is warping the average orbital plane of the outer solar system.
Jun 25, 2017, 12:30 PM IST
NASA's Hubble triumphs again, discovers moon orbiting solar system's third-largest dwarf planet!
The team uncovered the moon in archival images of 2007 OR10 taken by the Hubble Telescope.
May 19, 2017, 13:26 PM IST
NASA's flying obervatory 'SOFIA' reveals nearby planetary system is remarkably similar to our own
NASA's SOFIA, the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory, recently completed a detailed study of this nearby planetary system.
May 03, 2017, 09:44 AM IST
Amazing NASA video offers a trip down onto the surface of Pluto - Watch
The video offers a trip down onto the surface of Pluto - starting with a distant view of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon - and leading up to an eventual ride in for a "landing" on the shoreline of Pluto's informally named Sputnik Planitia.
Jan 20, 2017, 13:50 PM IST
After Pluto, New Horizons set to explore Kuiper Belt
The New Horizons mission team has received the green light to fly onward to an object deeper in the Kuiper Belt.
Jul 02, 2016, 12:30 PM IST
Pluto may have liquid ocean under ice shell: Study
When New Horizons buzzed by Pluto last year, it unveiled clues that the dwarf planet might have - or had at one time - a sub-surface liquid ocean.
Jun 22, 2016, 15:34 PM IST
Is 'Planet X' responsible for mass extinctions on Earth?
The yet undiscovered 'Planet X' may trigger comet showers linked to mass extinctions on our planet, say researchers.
Apr 04, 2016, 18:35 PM IST
Good evidence for 9th planet in solar system: Scientists
Scientists reported today they finally have "good evidence" for Planet X, a true ninth planet on the fringes of our solar system. The gas giant is thought to be almost as big as Neptune and orbiting billions of miles beyond Neptune's path, distant enough to take 10,000 to 20,000 years to circle the sun.
Jan 21, 2016, 00:15 AM IST
Incredible close-up image of wandering Kuiper Belt object from New Horizons' camera!
The Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) instrument on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured four low-resolution images of 1994 JR1 object.
Dec 04, 2015, 22:50 PM IST
NASA's New Horizons on new post-Pluto mission
The spacecraft that gave us the first close-up views of Pluto now has a much smaller object in its sights.
Oct 23, 2015, 09:15 AM IST
