Since it’s about half the size of Pluto, the moon and its planet are sometimes referred to as a double dwarf planet system, with speculation that they may share a common origin story.

This composite image of Pluto, right, and Charon, its largest moon, showcases photos captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015. Credit: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI Unlike how scientists ...

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

So we thought it might be useful to tell the story of Pluto briefly and put it in context. To understand what happened to Pluto, we must actually go back to the late 1700's, when a number of ...

Pluto may not be a full-fledged planet, but it continues to fuel fascination and research. As it turns out, the story of Pluto and Charon may have been more like a dance than a full-throttle ...

Pluto, considered the ninth planet in our solar ... However, a recent study in Nature Geoscience suggests a different origin story for Charon. Using simulations that took into account parameters ...