NASA's LEXI instrument is set to land on the moon's surface sometime this month. Using X-ray sensors, the device will watch ...

The ground on Mars is full of nitrogen, a vital component for planet life, raising hopes that it might be more hospitable ...

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have calculated a new system for measuring lunar time. While not needed ...

"The temperature just wildly swings from extremely hot to extremely cold," John Monnier, a professor of astronomy at the ...

A large team of researchers with varied backgrounds at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found evidence of a weak magnetic ...

A new study suggests that the origin of Pluto's largest moon was quite different than our own. Here's what you need to know.

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

Pluto and Charon’s meet-cute may have started with a kiss. New computer simulations of the dwarf planet and its largest moon suggest that the pair got together in a “kiss-and-capture” collision, where ...

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.

A new study proposes a 'kiss and capture' collision theory to explain the origins of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, shedding ...

A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...

Next week, a new lander will be launched to the moon carrying NASA science instruments as part of the agency’s push to incorporate more private companies into its lunar program. Firefly Aerospace has ...