Billions of years ago, in the frozen edges of the solar system, a violent impact shaped one of space’s oddest pairs. Instead of a typical planet-moon setup, Pluto and Charon became a binary system.

A team from the University of Arizona has made a startling new discovery about the formation of Pluto and its moon. Published ...

Instead of a typical planet-moon setup, Pluto and Charon became a binary system. They circle a shared point in space, locked in a delicate, endless orbit. Their strange gravitational dance has ...

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New Horizons captures stunning images of Charon's surface and terrain The New Horizons spacecraft flew rapidly past Pluto and its moon Charon in July 2015, capturing images with its camera.