But Pluto and Charon are different from Earth and the Moon, too – they are both smaller (the Moon is 3,475 kilometers across) ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth, possibly ...

shows Pluto and three of its five moons: Charon, Nix and Hydra. Hubble discovered Nix and Hydra, as well as the Pluto moons Kerberos and Styx. | Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI) ...

Earth is teeming with life, but as of now, life has never been found anywhere else, but new observations hint at life on ...

For a few, the moon is massive enough to make the pair into a binary; the Pluto-Charon system is the most famous of those. And a small icy body named Lempo is a trinary: three objects of ...

Abstract: For this issue's cover feature, Dave Rothery rounds up the haul of data and images from New Horizons' flying visit to Pluto and its large moon Charon in July.

Taurus season feels a little more grounded and true-to-form once Mercury follows the sun into its earthy realm on May 10, but intensity swells when an emotional full moon in Scorpio rises two days ...

The night sky was ablaze with moonlight on Saturday, April 12, 2025, as the first full moon of spring — known as the pink moon — rose in dusk. Also the smallest full moon of the year ...

Discover when, how and where to watch the smallest full moon of the year take center stage on April 12. Skywatchers, get ready for a dazzling lunar display this weekend: April's full moon ...