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NASA’s New Horizons Enters Mission’s Longest Hibernation Period
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Running with updated onboard fault protection software that improves its ability to operate farther from the Sun than originally designed,…

Aug 22, 2025
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45 Years Ago: Astronomers Discover Pluto’s Moon Charon
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In 1978, astronomers considered Pluto as the solar system’s ninth planet. Its great distance from Earth—on average more than three…

Jun 23, 2023
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Photos of Pluto and its moons

Jun 12, 2023
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May 31, 2023
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Using “Charon-light,” Researchers Image Pluto’s Dark Side in Faint Moonlight
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NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history by returning the first close-up images of Pluto and its moons. Now, through a…

Oct 27, 2021
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Five Years after New Horizons’ Historic Flyby, Here Are 10 Cool Things We Learned About Pluto
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Five years ago today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history. After a voyage of nearly 10 years and more than…

Jul 14, 2020
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NASA Scientist for a Day 2019-2020: Target No. 3 – Charon
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NASA JPL Software Engineer Melissa Soriano describes the third potential target for Scientist for a Day contestants: Pluto's moon Charon.

Dec 5, 2019
Charon 3D Model
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A 3D model of Pluto's largest moon, Charon.

Apr 22, 2019
A Prehistoric Puzzle in the Kuiper Belt
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NASA’s New Horizons Team Unravels the Many Mysteries of Ultima Thule  The farthest object ever explored is slowly revealing its…

Mar 18, 2019
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The center of our Milky Way galaxy, shown in shades of red, nearly fills the entire image with stars, gas, and dust.

Rubin Comet Catchers

A smiling cartoon of a comet is carrying a simple round net as it flies right to left across the image. This blue blob-with-a-tail character is glowing teal. Stars are visible through its tail and all around. Above and below our friendly comet are the words Rubin Comet Catchers in the same teal. In the dark blue field is a fine filigree of lines and nodes, suggestive of a computer network.