Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.

Chinese rocket scientist reveals blueprint for ‘incredible project’ to build solar power station in space using super heavy ...

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

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander will fly a 60-day mission to deliver a suite of NASA science equipment to the ...

The moon will pass in front of the Pleiades star cluster during an occultation on Jan. 9, 2025. Here's how to see it.

Three launch systems and two landers from Boeing, SpaceX, and Blue Origin are all part of the complicated puzzle of NASA’s ...

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

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

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have calculated a new system for measuring lunar time. While not needed ...

This "kiss and capture" mechanism offers a fresh perspective on planetary formation, particularly about Pluto and its largest ...

Pakistan today launched its first lunar orbit mission ICUBE-Q. The lunar mission was launched on board China's Chang'E6 Lunar Probe from Hainan, China. ICUBE-Q has been designed and developed by the ...

On the evening of Monday, Jan. 13, the full “wolf moon” will occult, or pass in front of, Mars as they both rise in the ...