Dwarf Planet

NASA's Dawn mission gets second extension, spacecraft to remain in orbit around Ceres indefinitely

During this extension, the spacecraft will descend to lower altitudes than ever before at the dwarf planet, which it has been orbiting since March 2015

Pluto's more prominent surface features get official names honouring yesteryear's pioneers

The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGSPN) has officially named some of the more prominent surface features on the planet.

Meme affair: Twitter responds to Pluto flyby with hilarious tweets

For the first time, we go a up close and personal look at Pluto & discovered that it had a heart, but what sent the internet into a tizzy is a set of memes

US spacecraft whizzes past Pluto in historic flyby

An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto on Tuesday and survived its close encounter with the distant dwarf planet after a journey of three billion miles (4.8 billion kilometers) and nearly 10 years.

To infinity and beyond: NASA's approach to Pluto is a milestone in space exploration

The $700 million piano-sized NASA spacecraft New Horizons will make its closest approach to Pluto and send the most detailed images of the celestial body.

NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Now Orbiting an Asteroid

NASA has been sending crafts into space for a while now, but for the first time ever, they have a craft orbiting an asteroid in the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter.