"But forget it. It's too small an object that's too far away." The first images of Pluto might start coming in tonight, but not until NASA first receives a signal confirming the flyby was a success.

the New Horizons probe's close encounter with Pluto lasted just six days as it hurtled past at nearly 50,000 kilometres an hour. I was lucky enough to witness, first-hand, the first images sent ...

Using this updated instrument, scientists produced even more detailed maps of Pluto. While still low resolution, the map represented a composite of hundreds of images. For the first time ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has captured highly detailed photos of Pluto's surface. The spacecraft spent more than eight hours recording the planet's information ...

When NASA flew a spacecraft by Pluto for the first time in history last month on July 14, we were treated to beautiful photos of the dwarf planet's surface, but unfortunately, there was no video ...

In July this year , if all goes well, we will see close-up photos of Pluto for the first time courtesy of NASA and its New Horizons mission. Launched in 2006, New Horizons woke briefly in 2007 to take ...