Charon

The team found traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the moon, roughly half the size of Pluto.

In its recent post, US space agency NASA shared a picture of planetary besties Charon and Pluto, the two dwarf planet systems.

NASA's New Horizons mission data along with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling has helped scientists to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed. The team realistically replicated Charon surface conditions to measure the composition and colour of hydrocarbons produced on Charo...

Combining data obtained from several sources, scientists have managed to unravel the mystery behind the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and its composition. NASA's interplanetary space probe New Horizons had captured the reddish region on the top of Charon and collected data in 2015.

The reddish polar region on Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is an effect of methane gas escaping from the icy dwarf planet's atmosphere, say scientists who solved the mystery behind the coloured region first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft last year.

Pluto's largest moon Charon is home to an unusual canyon system that is far longer and deeper than Earth's Grand Canyon, according to a new image beamed back by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

New Horizons scientists estimate Argo Chasma to be as deep as 9 km, which is more than five times the depth of the Grand Canyon.

This time last year, space enthusiasts all over the world were eagerly awaiting photos of Pluto. As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zipped toward its July 2015 flyby of the Pluto system, every image it sent home was the best, clearest image we'd ever seen.

The Hydra spectrum is similar to that of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, which is also dominated by crystalline water ice.

After a 9.5-year, three-billion-mile journey, New Horizons zipped by Pluto on July 14, 2015.

"It's a pretty wild place geologically," said planetary scientist William McKinnon of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Images from the New Horizon space probe suggest that Pluto's moon Charon once had a sub-surface ocean that has since frozen and expanded, causing the surface to stretch and fracture, NASA said on Friday.

The images reveal many details about Pluto, including the differences between the encounter hemisphere and the so-called "far side" hemisphere seen only at lower resolution.

NASA's New Horizons probe has captured some stunning images of how the day progresses on Pluto and its largest moon Charon.

NASA has unveiled stunning mosaics of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, representing the global response to its popular "#PlutoTime" social media campaign.

The team found traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the moon, roughly half the size of Pluto.

In its recent post, US space agency NASA shared a picture of planetary besties Charon and Pluto, the two dwarf planet systems.

NASA's New Horizons mission data along with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling has helped scientists to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed. The team realistically replicated Charon surface conditions to measure the composition and colour of hydrocarbons produced on Charo...

Combining data obtained from several sources, scientists have managed to unravel the mystery behind the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and its composition. NASA's interplanetary space probe New Horizons had captured the reddish region on the top of Charon and collected data in 2015.

The reddish polar region on Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is an effect of methane gas escaping from the icy dwarf planet's atmosphere, say scientists who solved the mystery behind the coloured region first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft last year.

Pluto's largest moon Charon is home to an unusual canyon system that is far longer and deeper than Earth's Grand Canyon, according to a new image beamed back by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

New Horizons scientists estimate Argo Chasma to be as deep as 9 km, which is more than five times the depth of the Grand Canyon.

This time last year, space enthusiasts all over the world were eagerly awaiting photos of Pluto. As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zipped toward its July 2015 flyby of the Pluto system, every image it sent home was the best, clearest image we'd ever seen.

The Hydra spectrum is similar to that of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, which is also dominated by crystalline water ice.

After a 9.5-year, three-billion-mile journey, New Horizons zipped by Pluto on July 14, 2015.

"It's a pretty wild place geologically," said planetary scientist William McKinnon of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Images from the New Horizon space probe suggest that Pluto's moon Charon once had a sub-surface ocean that has since frozen and expanded, causing the surface to stretch and fracture, NASA said on Friday.

The images reveal many details about Pluto, including the differences between the encounter hemisphere and the so-called "far side" hemisphere seen only at lower resolution.

NASA's New Horizons probe has captured some stunning images of how the day progresses on Pluto and its largest moon Charon.

NASA has unveiled stunning mosaics of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, representing the global response to its popular "#PlutoTime" social media campaign.