NASA launched the New Horizons probe which would provide never-before-seen images of the dwarf planet, its moons and other objects.

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

Since New Horizons' close encounter with Pluto 10 years ago, experts have come to think of the dwarf planet as much more ...

Pluto and its moon Charon's meeting may be traced to a "kiss-and-capture" collision between the two. (CN) — The question of ...

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

This composite image of Pluto, right, and Charon, its largest moon, showcases photos captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015. Unlike how scientists believe Earth's moon formed ...

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

Editor’s Note (12/27/24): Mission controllers for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe have announced that ... The outer worlds, such as Pluto, are too remote to presently consider for anything but ...

24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swooped closer than it ever had ... and suspended additional liftoffs by Starship. Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet.

Until now, the thinking was that Pluto and Charon formed like Earth and our Moon. New research has flipped that script.