Subscribe now
Found 2 results for dwarf planet
NASA probe will hurtle past the most distant object we’ve ever visited

NASA probe will hurtle past the most distant object we’ve ever visited

22 December 2018

In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft whizzed past Pluto. Now it is about to arrive at Ultima Thule, a tiny space rock 6.6 billion kilometres away from Earth
Dawn

Dawn spacecraft approved to spend another year studying Ceres

25 October 2017

NASA has extended the mission of the Dawn probe around the icy dwarf planet Ceres. It will dip toward Ceres's surface and study its tenuous atmosphere

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

Sign up
Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop