What processes during the formation of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially led to it having cryovolcanism, and even an ...

Pluto, once a distant mystery, is now revealing astonishing secrets,thanks to NASA’s New Horizons mission. This video dives into the incredible discoveries made during the historic flyby, including ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system.

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.

Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with Charon billions of years ago.

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing collision ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...

New models reveal Pluto and Charon may have spent some of their early history locked together in an embrace after a grazing collision.

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.