Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with ...

Jupiter is huge when it comes to planets in our solar system, but it turns out there's actually an upper limit when it comes ...

Smaller gas giants are less likely to survive in such systems, surrounded by clashing planetary titans. With their lower ...

New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of years ago in a harmless collision. The report, published in “Nature Geoscience,” describes how the minuscule dwarf ...

The concept of Planet X, or Planet Nine, has captivated astronomers for decades. This hypothetical planet, theorized to be ...

Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...

“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, ...

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.

Earth recorded its hottest year on record in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate ...