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.

In 1998, a photo taken from the International Space Station showed a black, oddly shaped object which became known as the ...

NASA's LEXI, an innovative X-ray imager, is embarking on a groundbreaking mission to the Moon under the Artemis campaign.

The Radiation Tolerant Computer, or RadPC, payload undergoes final checkout at Montana State University in Bozeman, which ...

A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images ...

New simulations propose a 'Kiss and Capture' scenario to explain the evolution of the dwarf planet and its main moon.

How did Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, form? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to address as an international team of r | Space ...

Here are a few other characteristics I foresee in the future: ...

A Cape Cod, Massachusetts woman will honor her father's lifelong obsession with outer space by sending his ashes into orbit ...

The latest computer model says there was a high energy collision ... At this point the models built by the team show the moon orbiting Earth at a high angle - or inclination - to the equator.

Update: This story has been updated to reflect a move in the launch date. Currently listed as launching no earlier than 1 a.m ...