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

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 ...

Kerberos and Hydra – which are tiny compared with Charon and were glimpsed when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015. The team’s model could offer a new explanation for how ...

Unlike Earth, where the Moon orbits the planet, Pluto and Charon orbit each other, forming a binary system that is more ...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been speeding through space since early 2006 and it’s about to make what might be its most interesting flyby to date. After speeding past Jupiter and Pluto ...

The team's simulations were able to replicate the observed orbital properties of the two bodies perfectly. New Horizons image of Pluto (right) and Charon (left). (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI) "The compelling ...

Overturning decades of assumptions about how Charon formed, researchers have revealed an entirely new form of cosmic 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 team led by Denton created simulations of the impact using high-performance computing clusters. This revealed that Pluto ...