by Frank Tomaras | Jan 2, 2018 | News
Full story here: The Voyager team is able to use a set of four backup thrusters, dormant since 1980. They are located on the back side of the spacecraft in this orientation. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
by Frank Tomaras | Jul 20, 2015 | News
In a mission filled with unexpected surprises, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has left its scientists awed by the array of landforms and compositions found on Pluto and Charon. Pluto and Charon Dazzle with...
by Frank Tomaras | Jul 3, 2015 | News
New color images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a series of intriguing spots along the equator that are evenly spaced. Each of the spots is about 300 miles (480 kilometers) in diameter, with a...
by Frank Tomaras | Jun 1, 2015 | News
The system Kepler-444 formed when the Milky Way galaxy was a youthful two billion years old. The planets were detected from the dimming that occurs when they transit the disc of their parent star, as shown in this artist’s conception. Credit: NASA Read more at:...
by Frank Tomaras | May 20, 2015 | News
85 Years after Pluto’s Discovery, NASA’s New Horizons Spots Small Moons Orbiting Pluto Complete story here: http://www.nasa.gov/nh_new-horizons-spots-small-moons-orbiting-pluto