Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...

"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where ...

Pluto and Charon may have formed through a “kiss and capture” mechanism, with the two icy bodies colliding and becoming ...

Simulations suggest Pluto and its largest moon may have gently stuck together for a few hours before Charon settled into a ...

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 ...

An asteroid orbiting near our planet that temporarily became our second moon seems to have come from the actual moon, hinting ...

Captured from the ISS, a stunning image of the waning crescent Moon over Quebec showcases the distinct vantage point of space ...

it's round and has a solid, rocky surface. But is our moon actually a planet? The answer is technically no — at least according to NASA and the International Astronomical Union (IAU), an ...

During the early morning of Monday 8 September, the full Moon will move into the shadow of Earth and be totally eclipsed. The ...