The spacecraft made historic flybys of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule, but there is still more to offer

The spacecraft made historic flybys of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule, but there is still more to offer
The Kuiper Belt object has been critically analysed since its flyby at the beginning of 2019, and astronomers are slowly understanding its nature
The comet’s unusual distinct dual-lobe shape has been a mystery since its initial discovery, and holds clues as to its formation
Astronomers have pieced together a sequence of images to produce a departing look at the mysterious Kuiper Belt Object
After the flyby of the Kuiper Belt object on the new year, astronomers have now released the finest image of Ultima Thule to date
The amateur astronomer who discovered Pluto and visited the dwarf planet after his death
The Kuiper Belt Object’s remarkable appearance illuminates the processes that built the planets four and a half billion years ago
The greatest news to bring in the new year was that the NASA spacecraft successfully explored its first Kuiper Belt object
The lack of a light curve when examining Ultima Thule has already caused a mystery before the target’s flyby
With no apparent hazards in its way, NASA’s mission has been given a “go” to stay on its optimal path to the Kuiper Belt Object
This latest research focuses on one of the most enigmatic landforms yet seen on the dwarf planet Pluto
NASA’s spacecraft will examine the rare Kuiper Belt object on 1 January 2019, and now it has the object in its sights
New research into the formation of Pluto explores the idea that the dwarf planet was originally formed from ancient comets
Almost three years after NASA’s New Horizons mission flew past Charon, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named some of its landmarks
New Horizons overtook Voyager 1’s record of most distant image ever taken from Earth
On the 1 January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft will make a flyby of a Kuiper Object over four billion miles away from Earth
The next New Frontier mission has been narrowed down to two final concepts
The team behind the Pluto mission is looking for your ideas on what to informally name its next flyby destination, a billion miles past the dwarf planet
The next flyby target for the NASA mission could actually be two targets
Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of the dwarf planet, mission scientists have created a film that offers a spectacularly new perspective