Pluto may have been demoted to non-planet status, but it still commands a court of five moons, as is fitting for the king of ...

"The surfaces of Nix and Hydra are as close to unaltered as you can get." Two of Pluto's midsize moons may be made of the guts of its largest moon, Charon, new research suggests. New observations with ...

Recently, astronomers revealed a surprising discovery through the latest observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): Pluto's two medium-sized satellites—Nix and Hydra—may be ...

In Roman mythology, Pluto is the god and ruler of the dead. For a return mission to the dwarf planet, Howett and her colleagues opted for the name Persephone, after Pluto's wife and "queen of the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite of enhanced color images of Pluto and Charon taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft ...