Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

This region, known as the Kuiper Belt, is home to a diverse array of icy bodies, including dwarf planets like Pluto, Haumea, and Makemake. Recent research has significantly advanced our ...

"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!" ...

Denton seeks to see how the principles at play affect other Kuiper Belt objects, such as the dwarf planets Eris and Orcus and their respective moons Dysnomia and Vanth. “I’d really like to ...

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, ...

Beautiful photos of the six planets aligned in the night sky have emerged online. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and ...

For decades, astronomers have tried to determine how Pluto acquired its unusually large moon Charon, which is about half the size of the dwarf planet ... sun called the Kuiper Belt, where ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.

Six planets are still aligned in London skies tonight (Sunday, January 26) and will remain so until about mid-February. So if ...

NASA launched the New Horizons probe which would provide never-before-seen images of the dwarf planet, its moons and other objects.