Finding Supports Theory that Single Collision Created Ninth Planet’s Three Satellites Using new Hubble Space Telescope observations, a research team led by Dr. Hal Weaver of the Johns Hopkins ...

New close-up images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientists reeling because of their range and complexity. Image: This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This composite image of Pluto, right, and Charon, its largest moon, showcases photos captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in ...

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The discovery of another moon around Pluto is exciting news for planetary science, but it's also likely causing some anxiety for the team in charge of New Horizons, a spacecraft set to be the first ...

Recent images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope show that Pluto?s three moons are the same color, lending support to the theory that they were formed by a single, giant collision 4.6 billion years ...

No longer a planet but not forgotten, Pluto’s colors, captured by NASA almost 10 years ago, continue to dazzle among the collection of colorful celestial objects only seen in the solar system. Since ...

It may look a little blurry, but the bright orange-tinted circle in the middle of the photo above is the first color image of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. The image was taken by the Ralph color ...

Scientists have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, offering clues about the origins of the space rock and other celestial objects in the ...

NASA’sNew Horizons spacecraft has delivered extraordinary video footage showing towering ice mountains on Pluto’s moon Nix. These ice peaks, some rising as high as 11,000 feet, are made of pure water ...

This composite image of Pluto, right, and Charon, its largest moon, showcases photos captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015. Credit: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI Unlike how scientists believe ...