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During a 2015 fly-by, the probe found Pluto to be slightly larger than previously thought. In March, it revealed methane-rich dunes on the icy dwarf planets surface.

NASA space probe 'phones home' in landmark mission to solar system's...

The spacecraft will ping back more detailed images and data from Thule in the coming days.

2 Jan 2019 9:28 AM IST

Scientists had not discovered Ultima Thule when the probe was launched. (Photo: SpaceNews)

NASA probe believed to have passed distant space rock on landmark...

The body is farther from Earth than any other that has had such a close encounter with a NASA probe, scientists believe.

1 Jan 2019 6:37 PM IST

Scientists had not discovered Ultima Thule when the probe was launched. (Photo: NASA)

NASA probe nears distant space rock for landmark flyby

At 12:33 a.m. Eastern time, the New Horizons probe will arrive at the third zone in the uncharted heart of the Kuiper...

1 Jan 2019 1:38 PM IST

One artists concept of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, the next flyby target for NASAs New Horizons mission. This binary concept is based on telescope observations made at Patagonia, Argentina on July 17, 2017 when MU69 passed in front of a star. New Horizons theorize that it could be a single body with a large chunk taken out of it, or two bodies that are close together or even touching. (Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Alex Parker)

New Horizons spacecraft may have two targets this time

Could the next flyby target for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft actually be two targets?

8 Aug 2017 2:22 PM IST