Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...

6 - The mass of Charon is so large — and the mass of Pluto is so small — that Charon doesn’t actually orbit the dwarf planet. Instead, both orbit a fixed place in space between them.

Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his sketches of the night sky to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff ...

And one of those moons, known as Charon, is half the size of Pluto itself. But that’s not the only thing that’s unusual about ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

"The data from the termination shock encounter will be a treasure trove for space physicists worldwide who are eager to ...

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary status.

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...

This provides another piece of the puzzle to understand how planets and ... Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that ...

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

SpaceX has issued a warning for residents and visitors in The Bahamas after a potential sonic boom during its next launch.