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Solar System

Why is Charon almost exactly the same size as Pluto?

Is there a reasoning behind it or is it still a mystery? We take a look…

Space Exploration

Could there be an orbiter at Pluto in the near future?

Scientists and engineers are seriously discussing the possibility of sending an orbiter to Pluto and beyond into the Kuiper Belt

Space Exploration

New Horizons Update: New global maps of Pluto and Charon released

Now, thanks to the efforts of the team behind the spacecraft, the first official validated topographical maps published and are available to all

Solar System

Pluto’s moon gets its first surface feature names

Almost three years after NASA’s New Horizons mission flew past Charon, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named some of its landmarks

News

Astronomers investigate possibility of exotic life in Pluto’s oceans

The dwarf planet raises the question of whether some truly novel life forms could exist on such a frigid world

News

New Horizons Update: Pluto found to spray paint largest moon red

“Who would have thought that Pluto is a graffiti artist?”

News

Astronomers find Haumea’s lunar system to be smaller than expected

The dwarf planet on the edge of our Solar System, doesn’t have the same kind of moons as its well-known cousin Pluto according to a new study

News

New Horizons Update: Pluto’s moon could have had an ocean

New data suggests that Charon may have had a subsurface ocean that has long since frozen and expanded

Solar System

VIDEO: Take a tour of Pluto’s moon Charon in high definition!

Prepare to be blown away by the dwarf planet’s largest moon

Solar System

VIDEO: Take a tour of Pluto in high definition!

Composed of the sharpest views of Pluto, this movie shows the images NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft obtained during its flyby of the dwarf planet on 14 July

News

New Horizons Update: A day on Pluto and Charon captured by spacecraft

On approach in July, NASA’s spacecraft captured the dwarf planet rotating over the course of a full “Pluto day”

News

New Horizons Update: Pluto’s moons found to spin wildly

The tranquil conditions of the Moon’s orbit don’t apply to Pluto’s small natural satellites

News

New Horizons Update: Charon revealed as a colourful world with a violent history

The best colour and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto’s largest moon have been released

News

New Horizons Update: New “complicated” images of dwarf planet Pluto released

New close-up images reveal a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientists reeling because of their range and complexity

News

FREE PREVIEW: All About Space issue 42

We take a brand new breathtaking tour of dwarf planet Pluto in the latest issue

News

New Horizons Update: Mountains of ice found on Pluto

A close-up image of a region close to Pluto’s equator has revealed a range of youthful peaks

News

New Horizons Update: Last image of Pluto’s puzzling spots returned

We get one final look at Pluto’s Charon-facing hemisphere two days before the flyby

News

New Horizons Update: Stunning new image of Pluto and Charon unveiled days before flyby

With less than four days until the spacecraft’s close approach to the dwarf planet, imagery of Pluto’s system is truly coming into focus

News

New Horizons Update: Methane detected on Pluto

The spacecraft, which will make its flyby of the dwarf planet in less than two weeks, has sniffed out methane

News

New image reveals exciting features on Pluto and Charon

The New Horizons spacecraft has brought dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon into intriguing focus

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