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

“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, ...

A new theory about Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, could alter how planetary systems are taught in U.S. schools. Scientists ...

A new study proposes a 'kiss and capture' collision theory to explain the origins of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, shedding ...

Scientists propose Pluto and its moon Charon formed through a "kiss and capture" event 4.5 billion years ago, challenging ...

Pluto and Charon are in a region of the outer solar system beyond Neptune called the Kuiper belt, which makes them both rocky ...

Pluto and Charon created a binary system, rewriting planetary formation theories and hinting at hidden subsurface oceans.

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

Netflix’s American Primeval has arrived, making a gory mark on the small screen Western genre – here’s the ending explained.

The old Philips tube radio was my best friend in those Wexford boyhood days. It took a couple of minutes to warm up but then ...

A spacecraft built in the UK has captured new images of Mercury as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the ...

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...