Pluto landed its largest moon, Charon, with a 'kiss'—overturning decades of scientific assumptions about how planetary bodies form and evolve. This is the conclusion of a new study, conducted at the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic ...

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the frozen surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon. Detecting these molecules could tell ...

New Horizons exposed Pluto as a surprisingly active world shaped by towering ice mountains, cryovolcanoes that erupt frozen mixtures instead of lava, and a possible hidden ocean sealed beneath a deep ...

Beneath Pluto’s “heart” lies a cold, slushy ocean of water ice, according to data from NASA’s New Horizons mission. In a paper published today in the journal ...

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After a voyage of nearly nine years and 3 billion miles (5 billion kilometers) — the farthest any space mission has ever traveled to reach its primary target — NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft came out ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got humanity's first up-close look at Pluto on Tuesday, sending word of its triumph across 3 billion miles to scientists waiting breathlessly ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially shedding light on its origins. When ...