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

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

In our solar system, Earth is one of only three worlds that sees temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit, while other ...

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

The RTG is the baseline power supply for New Horizons, launched in January 2006 on a journey to Pluto and its moon, Charon. It flew past Pluto in July 2015. NASA explores the unknown in air and space, ...

Outer space is infinite, but that hasn't stopped humans trying to impose their laws on it. There are more ways for people to ...

Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead. By Michael Roston and Katrina Miller Our species called this latest 366-day journey around the sun “2024 ...

Pluto and Charon's origin story has been rewritten by a recent study, revealing they formed from a unique "kiss and capture" ...

Simulations suggest Pluto and its largest moon may have gently stuck together for a few hours before Charon settled into a ...

Pluto and Charon’s meet-cute may have started with a kiss. New computer simulations of the dwarf planet and its largest moon suggest that the pair got together in a “kiss-and-capture” collision, where ...

Overturning decades of assumptions about how Charon formed, researchers have revealed an entirely new form of cosmic collision.

A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...