Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...

University of Arizona researchers have unveiled evidence of romance at the farthest reaches of the solar system: a cosmic ...

and at that distance Charon’s surface gets down to a frigid –364° F (–220° C). Although a thin atmosphere was detected on Pluto by the New Horizons probe during its 2015 flyby, scientists ...

On this date, Jan. 19, 2006, the first probe ever destined to visit Pluto, its moons and other Kuiper belt objects launched from Launch Complex 41 at what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...

“Pluto and Charon are different — they’re smaller, colder and made primarily of rock and ice,” said Adeene Denton, lead study author of the research published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly connected and spun together before separating into their current orbital ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...

and at that distance Charon's surface gets down to a frigid –364° F (–220° C). Although a thin atmosphere was detected on Pluto by the New Horizons probe during its 2015 flyby, scientists ...

NASA launched the New Horizons probe which would provide never-before-seen images of the dwarf planet, its moons and other objects.