Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...

Using computer models, researchers studying Pluto and its moon, Charon, have discovered an unforeseen kind of cosmic ...

Billions of years ago, two icy worlds—Pluto and Chron—collided in the farthest reaches of our solar system. But rather than ...

Experience "Pluto Time" on Earth and discover why Pluto isn’t as dark as it appears. NASA’s findings reveal surprising light levels, thanks to New Horizons. Learn how this distant world continues to ...

which is about half Pluto’s size. Previous research, including a flyby from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015, revealed ...

New simulations propose a 'Kiss and Capture' scenario to explain the evolution of the dwarf planet and its main moon.

For decades, astronomers suspected that Pluto and Charon formed through a process similar to Earth and the Moon. This theory, ...

Until now, the thinking was that Pluto and Charon formed like Earth and our Moon. New research has flipped that script.

Kerberos and Hydra — which are tiny compared with Charon and were glimpsed when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015. The team’s model could offer a new explanation for how ...

LOS ANGELES: Scientists from NASA's New Horizons mission on Wednesday released the first detailed images of the most distant object ever ... from the Sun and 1 billion miles (about 1.6 billion km) ...

After speeding past Jupiter and Pluto in the ... to see the actual images the probe captures. Later on New Years Day NASA will broadcast the signal acquisition from New Horizons, confirming ...