Pluto Moon

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.

A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hop...

While Hoth looks similar to Pluto, Mustafar shares resemblance with Venus. Geonosis, with rugged dry landscape in red hues, appears to be a look-alike of Mars. Endor's appearance seems to have taken inspiration from one of the Jupiter's largest moons, Ganymede.

"We've added Pluto, Venus, and several other moons for a total of 12 new worlds for you to explore," Marquardt added.

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.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent first-ever data about Pluto's four moons that shows that the surface of Hydra is dominated by nearly pristine water ice.

Pluto is probably feeling pretty annoyed by his "little sister" right now.

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

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.

A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hop...

While Hoth looks similar to Pluto, Mustafar shares resemblance with Venus. Geonosis, with rugged dry landscape in red hues, appears to be a look-alike of Mars. Endor's appearance seems to have taken inspiration from one of the Jupiter's largest moons, Ganymede.

"We've added Pluto, Venus, and several other moons for a total of 12 new worlds for you to explore," Marquardt added.

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.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent first-ever data about Pluto's four moons that shows that the surface of Hydra is dominated by nearly pristine water ice.

Pluto is probably feeling pretty annoyed by his "little sister" right now.

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