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

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

featureless ball on the fringes of the solar system, the spacecraft images revealed a geologically diverse world, with mountains, ice sheets, pits, cliffs, cracks, and valleys. Charon, its biggest ...

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

However, this new discovery makes it plain that there is chemistry ongoing on the surface of the distant moon, making it a surprisingly active place in the far reaches of the solar system. Charon ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research suggests that billions of years ago, Pluto may have captured its largest moon, ...

Charon is unusual because it is the largest moon in the solar system compared with its parent body. In fact, Charon and Pluto are so similar in size that they are considered a double dwarf planet ...