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, ...

Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly connected and spun together before separating into their current orbital ...

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

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

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

Skywatchers: A six-planet alignment peaks this week as Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, and Saturn come together for ...

Rumya Sundaram, Citizen Scientist Coordinator for the Key Biscayne Community Foundation, will present this month’s Citizen ...

A new study by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton highlights the challenges planets ...

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Two papers showed these intriguing signals, but the team stresses that there are currently many uncertainties to confirming ...