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.

The Wolf Moon, January's full moon, will reach peak illumination Monday. The previous full moon was December's Cold Moon.

A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...

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

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

NASA’s LEXI will study Earth’s magnetosphere from the lunar surface, uncovering how it responds to solar winds and cosmic ...

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 ...

Researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to study Trappist-1 b, revealing it might have a volatile surface and ...

Hyderabad: Answer is technically no, the Moon is not a planet. It is Earth‘s natural satellite ... the International Astronomical Union (IAU), to be classified as a planet. Orbiting the sun: A planet ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Nearly every large galaxy has a supermassive ...

The belief in a flat Earth has deep roots in ancient history, with early civilisations envisioning the world as a flat plane. While Greek philosophers like Pythagoras and Aristotle eventually ...