Summer 2015 was marked by a unique astronomical event, which occurs approximately once in ... the history of astronomy. The New Horizons station is the first man-made object to reach Pluto. Till now, ...

Pluto, a distant and fascinating dwarf planet, has revealed more of its secrets. Thanks to New Horizons, discover stunning ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Charon is made mostly of water ice. When the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto and Charon in 2015, it imaged only one side of Charon. It found that Charon's north polar region, called Mordor ...

Lowell Observatory will be hosting the 2025 I Heart Pluto Festival from Feb. 13 to 17, celebrating the planet and its ...

On this date, Jan. 19, 2006, the first probe ever destined to visit Pluto, its moons and other Kuiper belt objects launched from Launch Complex 41 at what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.