Mars will be making its closest approach to Earth in two years, and thus, the mighty red planet, named for the god of war ...

Pluto landed its largest moon ... "Most planetary collision scenarios are classified as 'hit and run' or 'graze and merge'," explained NASA planetary scientist Adeene Denton in a statement. "What ...

University of Arizona researchers have unveiled evidence of romance at the farthest reaches of the solar system: a cosmic ...

Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...

Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with ...

“Pluto and Charon are different — they’re smaller, colder and made primarily of rock and ice,” said Adeene Denton, lead study author of the research published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan parted ways early Wednesday after being launched on the ...

New study reveals Pluto and Charon’s origin: a unique "kiss and capture" collision redefines how binary systems form.

Styx is also the name for one of the smaller moons in the Pluto system, and the others (Nix, Kerberos and Hydra) also have connections to the underworld mythology. According to NASA, Christy also ...

A new study has proposed that Pluto captured Charon via a 'kiss'—rather than a catastrophic collision like the one that formed Earth's moon. NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI In their study, Denton and ...