This “kiss and capture” mechanism offers a fresh perspective on planetary formation, particularly about Pluto and its largest ...

New research suggests that billions of years ago, Pluto may have captured its largest moon, Charon, with a very brief icy ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took us to Pluto for the first time in July 2015. Scientists are astonished by the incredible features they've observed on the dwarf ...

But on Charon, Pluto's nearest moon, they found this most familiar of geological features. There was more, on Pluto itself, that recalled the American mid-west. Dark streaks on Pluto's plains ...