NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will be able to keep exploring its exotic environs for at least another five years. The agency announced on Friday (Sept. 29) that it will keep New Horizons' lights on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. an illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft flying past Pluto The future of NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is uncertain ...

Quantum Space plans to launch Scout-1, the space infrastructure and services company’s first satellite, no earlier than March 2024 on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare flight. NASA has announced an ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- NASA just received a signal back from New Horizons, confirming a successful first flyby of Pluto. Euphoria broke out at NASA as Pluto is now the most distant object reached by ...

A NASA parallax experiment involving New Horizons shows the probe now sees some stars in slightly different positions than we do on Earth, revealing just how far the spacecraft is from home. You can ...

The New Horizons spacecraft that studied Pluto and Kuiper belt object Arrokoth continues its pioneering exploration of the Kuiper belt. However, that might soon end if NASA doesn't change course. The ...

NASA's New Horizons probe was able to help measure the distance between two stars and our home system thanks to its distant location. The probe's images of the stars were compared with images of those ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Voyagers ...

The new extended mission for New Horizons keeps open the option of another Kuiper Belt object flyby if a suitable one is discovered. Credit: JHUAPL/SwRI WASHINGTON — NASA has agreed to extend ...

The future of NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is uncertain following debates at NASA over how best to use the spacecraft. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...