Arrokoth is composed of two separate bodies, 3 and 9 miles across. In the distant past they rotated so slowly about each other that their mutual gravitational attraction caused them to come together ...

January started out with a meteor shower and now has a planetary alignment in store. Here's what you'll be able to see and ...

Home security-camera footage shows a puff of smoke, with the sound of an explosion included, as the space rock lands in ...

Blue Origin successfully launched the rocket after an attempt earlier in the week was scrubbed. The flight is a crucial test ...

THE first full moon of the year, known as the Wolf Moon, will be visible alongside Mars tonight. Stargazers are encouraged to ...

This week, uncover some of the oldest ice on Earth, follow a dinosaur highway, learn how Pluto sealed the capture of its moon ...

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

A new study has proposed that Pluto captured Charon via a 'kiss'—rather than a catastrophic collision like the one that formed Earth's moon. NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI In their study, Denton and ...

What’s different about Pluto is that it is far colder than Earth and likely more brittle. "Pluto and Charon are different – they're smaller, colder, and made primarily of rock and ice," said Adeene ...

the lead author and a NASA postdoctoral fellow University of Arizona. Snapshot of Pluto and Charon during kiss-and-capture. Robert Melikyan and Adeene Denton. The study suggests that the existing ...

Dolby Atmos is the most immersive version of surround sound you can get at home. Though it took some time to catch on, the format is now everywhere, from movie theaters to Ultra HD Blu-ray discs ...