Pluto can be thought of as being part of a binary system with its biggest satellite, Charon (pictured). Scientists have long thought that this system formed as the result of a collision between ...
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, ...
Let’s talk about destruction and creation, burning towers, rock bottom, regeneration and using ashes as clay. Pluto, our planet of profound change and ultimate reckoning, has set up shop in Aquarius, ...
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 ...
Hades, God of death and the Underworld. Not the most popular of deities... he had to kidnap his own wife. Also known as Pluto Credits: Whoever it was that got me into greek mythology ...
"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where the two bodies only temporarily merge before re-separating!" New ...