NOVA: "PLUTO AND BEYOND"
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
Three years after providing the first astounding close-up photos during a fly-by of Pluto, the spacecraft called New Horizons approaches an even newer horizon, and this new Nova is along for the ride. New Horizons is now four billion miles from Earth, and still capable of gathering and relaying invaluable information about its travels. It’s about to approach the Ultima Thule, and information about it may crack some of the secrets of the mysterious Kulper Belt (one mystery solved long ago: What keeps Kulper’s pants from falling down?). If you don’t know much, or anything, about the Ultima Thule or what New Horizons continue to do under the inventive eye of NASA engineers, this Nova is right in your orbit. Mine, too. Check local listings.