As NASA’s probe entered the orbit of Dione, Saturn’s icy moon, the landscape looked to be magical. It started to get closer and closer to the surface features of the small frozen microcosm of sorts....
Many think of a blue moon as a rare phenomenon. But in fact it is not that scarce an astronomical entity. And it is not blue either. Friday’s blue moon was due to its occurrence for a second time in...
Why is Pluto moon Nix red? New Horizons sent new photos obtained on the morning of July 14, 2015, and received on the ground on July 18.At the time the photos were taken New Horizons was about 102,...
NASA released a new map of Pluto compiled from the latest images New Horizons has sent from June 27 to July 3. The center of the map above corresponds to the side of Pluto that will be seen...
NASA is these days almost daily releasing new stunning images from the planets and moons in our solar systems. Several spacecrafts are traveling space delivering data from what they "see" in space....
NASA has released the first color movies from the New Horizons mission that show Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, and the complex orbital dance of the two bodies, known as a double planet.“It’s...
Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet has got a lot of attention, but Pluto's moons are equally interesting. A new study is the first to reveal details about the orbital and rotational patterns...
Pluto has been the last visible yet the largest small planet in the Kulper Belt. For the past century, human race has developed technology that has been exploring the galaxy around the Earth.The...
This Sunday, astronomers and enthusiasts will get to see quite a lunar vision. A huge moon will be visible from earth on June 23, 2013. The phenomenon is called a super perigee moon when it will...