When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Robert Lea (created with Canva) New research suggests that billions of years ago, ...

Admit it: You were a little envious of New Horizons when it flew through the Pluto system in July. (Probably less so regarding the nine preceding years of isolated hurtling.) Lucky for you, NASA keeps ...

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. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Some 4.5 billion years ago, ...

JWST detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Charon's surface. Hydrogen peroxide suggests ongoing chemical reactions on Charon. Charon's carbon dioxide likely came from below its surface.

The “demoted” dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon make an unusual pair, and for decades, scientists have been discussing how the binary system—in which each mutually orbits the other—came ...

Charon, Jennifer Zhang’s new film that’s swept through the festival circuit, isn’t just getting praise for its story. It’s also turning heads for being filmed on an iPhone —and for becoming the first ...

Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope are giving scientists a fuller understanding about the composition and evolution of Pluto’s moon Charon, the largest moon orbiting any of our solar ...

The process is more complex than scientists previously thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have figured out why ...

Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, wears a red cap. Charon’s north pole has a dark red color, starkly different from its otherwise gray-white surface, and scientists have finally found out why. Using a ...