This composite "portrait" shows a sliver of Pluto's large moon, Charon, and all four of Pluto's small moons as seen by New Horizons. All the moons are to scale. Charon is by far the largest with a ...

On June 28, 2011, Pluto’s moon Kerberos was discovered by a team using the Hubble Space Telescope, led by senior research scientist Mark Showalter. While the primary goal of the observing program was ...

(NEW YORK) — Pluto’s moon Kerberos played quite a trick on scientists. Scientists thought Kerberos was large and dark, but photos taken during the New Horizons flyby over the summer that were just ...

Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Some 4.5 billion years ago, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Pluto has five moons, but Charon stands out from the rest. Charon is ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW – Eight months after its encounter with the New Horizons spacecraft, Pluto continues to surprise the scientists who study this distant world. Pluto and its largest moon Charon comprise ...

The study, carried out by Mark R. Showalter of the SETI Institute and Doug Hamilton based at the University of Maryland, reveals that at least two of Pluto’s moons do not have an orderly rotation on ...

The IAU is pleased to announce that today it has officially recognised the names Kerberos and Styx for the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto respectively (formerly known as P4 and P5). These names were ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced Tuesday that names voted on by the public had been accepted for Pluto's fourth and fifth moons. Kerberos and Styx, formerly known as P4 and P5, ...