20 June 2025
Astronomy Now
  • Home
  • The Magazine
    • About
    • Current Issue
    • Subscribe
    • Renew Subscription
      • August last issue
      • July last issue
      • June last issue
  • AstroFest 2025
  • News
  • Observing
    • UK Sky Chart
    • Almanac
    • Scope Calc
    • DSLR Calc
  • Reviews
    • Equipment
    • Book Reviews
  • Spaceflight Now
  • Shop
  • Contact Us
    • Subscriptions
    • Your Views
    • Ask Astronomy Now
    • Editorial
    • Advertising
Latest News
  • [ 9 June 2025 ] Is the Hubble Tension Resolved? News
  • [ 16 May 2025 ] Universe’s end – sooner rather than later News
  • [ 26 March 2025 ] A faint star will reveal itself as it throws a hissy-fit News
  • [ 24 March 2025 ] Saturn’s Rings to “Disappear” News
  • [ 17 March 2025 ] The Lithium Problem News
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Take a sneak peek at Pluto

14 July 2015 Astronomy Now
Photo credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Photo credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

Scientists released a sneak peek of Pluto taken by New Horizons around 2000 GMT Monday at a range of 766,000 kilometres (476,000 miles), about 16 hours before closest approach.

Email the author.

Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.

  • flyby
  • New Horizons
  • Pluto

Related Articles

News

Pluto ‘paints’ its largest moon red

15 September 2016 Astronomy Now

In June 2015, when the cameras on NASA’s approaching New Horizons spacecraft first spotted the large reddish polar region on Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, mission scientists knew two things: they’d never seen anything like it elsewhere in our Solar System, and they couldn’t wait to get the story behind it.

News

Pluto’s moons Nix and Hydra resolved

21 July 2015 Stephen Clark

Two of Pluto’s mini-moons, the mysterious Nix and Hydra, have transitioned from featureless points of light into their own worlds with new imagery from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

News

Ground team ready to rouse Pluto probe for historic flyby

1 December 2014 Stephen Clark

On the final stretch of a speedy nine-year trek through the solar system, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will be awakened from hibernation Dec. 6 for an encounter with Pluto, a mysterious world that has captured imaginations and will soon be revealed in reality.

Astronomy Now NewsAlert

Get the latest astronomical news and stargazing tips delivered to your inbox.

News Headlines

  • universe
    Is the Hubble Tension Resolved?
    9 June 2025
  • The Universe
    Universe’s end – sooner rather than later
    16 May 2025
  • T Coronae Borealis
    A faint star will reveal itself as it throws a hissy-fit
    26 March 2025
  • Saturn
    Saturn’s Rings to “Disappear”
    24 March 2025
  • Big Bang
    The Lithium Problem
    17 March 2025
  • Home
  • The Magazine
    • About
    • Current Issue
    • Subscribe
    • Renew Subscription
      • August last issue
      • July last issue
      • June last issue
  • AstroFest 2025
  • News
  • Observing
    • UK Sky Chart
    • Almanac
    • Scope Calc
    • DSLR Calc
  • Reviews
    • Equipment
    • Book Reviews
  • Spaceflight Now
  • Shop
  • Contact Us
    • Subscriptions
    • Your Views
    • Ask Astronomy Now
    • Editorial
    • Advertising

© 2019 Pole Star Publications Limited

Astronomy Now