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, ...
University of Arizona researchers have unveiled evidence of romance at the farthest reaches of the solar system: a cosmic ...
Here’s how it works. Charon is the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, but calling it a moon is really a misnomer; Pluto and Charon actually form a binary system. Whereas a moon usually ...
Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.
Italian scientists have drawn from thermodynamic principles to prevent a famous pasta from turning into a gooey mess.
Jan. 7, 2025 — 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 ...
It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than the door hinge: Cardea. And now, thanks to Clay ...
Astronomers have traced two mysterious fast radio bursts from space to wildly different places, which suggests the phenomenon ...
Do habitable exoplanets exist that possess life as we know it? Scientists have pondered this longstanding question ever since ...
A lot of things can change in a decade. Ten years ago, when NASA's decision to return to the moon was just getting underway, I lamented the fact that all the contracts the space agency was ...