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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.

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James Woods has lost his Pacific Palisades home in the Southern California fires that continue to devastate parts of Los ...

MacPhail’s interest in the night sky began when he heard President John F. Kennedy’s speech in 1962 that the United States would land a man on the moon before the end of the decade. MacPhail’s parents ...

Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of ...

January 5, 2005, is an astronomical anniversary that is not really marked but should be. It saw the discovery of dwarf planet ...

Overturning decades of assumptions about how Charon formed, researchers have revealed an entirely new form of cosmic collision.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...

For centuries, humanity has gazed at the stars, unraveling the mysteries of celestial motion. But what if the unusual orbits ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In 2025, Hawai ʻ i will experience numerous opportunities for skywatchers to observe a variety of ...