The Secret History of Pluto

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series “How The Universe Works”.

In this instalment of “How The Universe Works” we will visit Pluto and reveal its secret history.

A Traveler's Guide to the Planets - Pluto And Beyond

Pluto and Charon as revealed by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft

Today on Far Future Horizons we will end our grand tour of the solar system by exploring the outer its outer reaches as we venture forth to Pluto and beyond.

Chasing Pluto

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the latest installment of the acclaimed PBS documentary series NOVA which goes behind the scenes of the New Horizons flyby of Pluto.

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft, one of the most advanced ever built, is scheduled to fly by Pluto to take the very first detailed images of the dwarf planet. After nine years and 3 billion miles, we will finally get a close look at this strange, icy world, but only if the craft can survive the final, treacherous leg of its journey, which could take it through a dangerous field of debris.

Pluto Rediscovered

Pluto is a tiny world that resides on the outer edge of our solar system, at a staggering distance of 5.6 billion kilometers from Earth. It is so remote that even using the world's most powerful space telescope, the Hubble; it appears as nothing more than a blurry blob.

One week from today humanity will have its first close encounter with Pluto.

Join us today on Far Future Horizons as we embark on a voyage of discovery to this mysterious dwarf planet on the outer fringes of our solar system.

Today's video feature is another exciting episode of the acclaimed National Geographic Channel documentary series Naked Science – “Pluto Rediscovered”.

The Year of Pluto

Today on Far Future Horizons we present The Year of Pluto - NASA New Horizons.

All of us at Far Future Horizons join Spaceflight enthusiasts worldwide in breathless anticipation of our first close of views of Pluto. When it arrives at Pluto on July 14^th, 2014 the New Horizons mission will bring Humanity closer to the edge of the Solar System.

The ex-Planet Pluto: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

What is so special about the planet, or should it be said, ex-planet Pluto that its demotion from major planetary to minor planet status should provoke tremendous public outcry?

Even though, the main thrust of this charge came mostly came from Pluto-loving elementary school students, one can not help but ask the question - What is it about this cold, icy and distant rock that captures so many hearts? Why is Pluto America's favorite Planet?

Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has held a warm place in the public imagination. So, when the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium stopped calling Pluto a planet, director Neil deGrasse Tyson found himself at the center of a firestorm.

Today on Far Future Horizons we present - The Pluto Files, from the PBS series NOVA. This episode of NOVA is based on Neil deGrasse Tyson’s own wonderful book – “The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet” available from AMAZON books in the United States and the United Kingdom.

This NOVA documentary is available from PBS home video.

Passport to Pluto and Beyond

Today on Far Future Horizons we present "Passport to Pluto” a documentary regarding NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. On February 18th, 1930 Clyde W. Tombaugh, twenty four years old and fresh off a farm in Kansas patiently scans photographic plates at the Lowell observatory. He finds a tiny spec that turns out to be a new planet that would later be named Pluto.