[Thursday, May 1, 2008] As you read these words, the New Horizons spacecraft remains in a long period of almost continuous hibernation, which began on Feb. 21 and stretches until Sept. 2.

[Thursday, May 15, 2008] "We are reporting on a new accurate photographic light curve of Pluto for 1933-1934 when the heliocentric distance was 40 AU. We used 43 B-band and V-band images of Pluto on 32 plates taken on 15 nights from 19 March 1933 to 10 March 1934."

[Thursday, May 22, 2008] Top scientists and educators will convene in Maryland this summer to explore a basic, but controversial, question: What is a planet?

[Friday, May 30, 2008] Since 1981 Last week, New Horizons woke up from its longest electronic hibernation period to date -- 89 days. And over the next 10 days, the New Horizons team will celebrate a trio of milestones on the spacecraft's long journey to explore Pluto in 2015.