While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

When Pluto and Charon hit ... "Eight out of 10 of the largest [Kuiper Belt objects] have a large mass fraction satellite like Charon," Denton said in an email. "This process might have operated ...

"And this collision scenario supports the formation of other moons, such as Pluto's four other tiny, lumpy satellites," she said. This new model tells us how the impact may have happened but not ...

Pluto can be thought of as being part of a binary system with its biggest satellite, Charon (pictured). Scientists have long thought that this system formed as the result of a collision between ...

A new study suggests that the origin of Pluto's largest moon was quite different than our own. Here's what you need to know.

As of December, Voyager 1 was 15.5 billion miles from Earth – more than 4 times the distance from Earth to Pluto. This story ... Police: Missing Satellite Beach teen found safe in Melbourne ...

Scott J. Kenyon and Benjamin C. Bromley, 'A Pluto–Charon Sonata: Dynamical Limits on the Masses of the Small Satellites', The Astronomical Journal, Vol 158, No. 2 (2019) https://iopscience.iop ...

Pluto might have hogged much of the spotlight historically, but the dwarf planet is actually part of a double act, alongside its biggest satellite, Charon. A new analysis suggests that Pluto used ...

This week, uncover some of the oldest ice on Earth, follow a dinosaur highway, learn how Pluto sealed the capture of its moon Charon with a “kiss,” and more.

“And this collision scenario supports the formation of other moons, such as Pluto’s four other tiny, lumpy satellites,” she said. This new model tells us how the impact may have happened but ...

Astronomers have tried to solve the riddle of why Pluto shares an orbit with a satellite about half its size, and how the moon came to be in the first place. New research suggests that the two icy ...