Charon and Pluto are locked in a celestial dance. The dwarf planet and its largest moon are not that dissimilar in size, and ...

Evidence of the slowing of Charon's spin period (despinning) is recorded in tectonic features on the surface of Pluto's icy ...

Much to the dismay of many professional and amateur astronomers, the 1978 discovery of Pluto’s largest moon Charon ultimately ...

And Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, is no exception. According to a new study, this icy world might redefine how scientists ...

New research indicates that Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, may continue to lose rotational energy despite the pair’s ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW – Eight months after its encounter with the New Horizons spacecraft, Pluto continues to surprise the scientists who study this distant world. Pluto and its largest moon Charon comprise ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced Tuesday that names voted on by the public had been accepted for Pluto's fourth and fifth moons. Kerberos and Styx, formerly known as P4 and P5, ...

On July 14, 2015, a spacecraft flew by Pluto for the first time! NASA's New Horizons spacecraft spent 9.5 years making the ...