The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly ...

Most moons orbit their planets, but Pluto and Charon are different—they revolve around a point in space between them! 🔄 Why does this happen, and what did NASA’s New Horizons mission reveal about ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured Pluto and its biggest moon ... experts have come to think of the dwarf planet as much more scientifically valuable. Rather than a cold, featureless ball ...

Stargazers, prepare for the parade of planets that will take place over the next few nights in the sky. Here's what you need to know.

Charon is half the size of Pluto, “making it the largest known moon relative to its parent planet in our solar system,” NASA notes. So how did Pluto get its chonky companion? A new study ...

By Jonathan O’Callaghan Some 4.5 billion years ago, the dwarf planet Pluto was suddenly ... and were glimpsed when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015.

Rhoden and Denton both began working through the NASA Astrobiology ... Charon’s collision with Pluto would have raised the temperature of the the dwarf planet’s ice shell, which may have ...

NASA/JHUAPL Instead, Pluto and Charon likely remained much the ... by Denton and her colleagues could shed light on how planets form and evolve as well as how other bodies in the outer reaches ...

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 ...