SOLAR SYSTEM

Man will take a bold step towards the final frontier of the Solar System with the expected launch of the first mission to Pluto and beyond next month. The piano-sized New Horizons probe will travel faster than any previous spacecraft on its journey to the planet farthest from the Sun, its moon Charon and the mysterious, icy Kuiper Belt.Relatively little is known about the ninth planet and scientists expect the £290 million Nasa mission to provide important clues to the origins of the Solar Syste... (Read more..)