Search Results for: Visiting Pluto

Read about the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to gather more information about the distant dwarf planet, Pluto.

Angry at being downgraded to a dwarf planet by Earth scientists, Pluto travels through the solar system, asking other planets along the way for support, in hope

Describes Pluto, which was officially designated a dwarf planet in 2006.

An introduction to Pluto, describing its place in the solar system, its physical characteristics, its movement in space and other facts about this planet.

Called "spellbinding" (Scientific American) and "thrilling...a future classic of popular science" (PW), the up close, inside story of the greatest space explora