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Two of Pluto's midsize moons may be made of the guts of its largest moon, Charon, new research suggests.
The first color movies from NASA’s New Horizons mission show Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, and the complex orbital dance of the two bodies, known as a double planet. “It’s exciting to ...
It’s the first color photo of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, taken by an approaching spacecraft. Taken on April 9 from a distance of 71-million miles, it’s a teaser of things to come.
Image Caption: Pluto and Charon in False Color Show Compositional Diversity This July 13, 2015, image of Pluto and Charon is presented in false colors to make differences in surface material and ...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back the first color image of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon.
Pluto and Charon are shown in enhanced color in this image, which is the highest-resolution color image of the pair yet returned to Earth by New Horizons. It was taken with the spacecraft’s ...
Recent images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope show that Pluto?s three moons are the same color, lending support to the theory that they were formed by a single, giant collision 4.6 billion ...
A week before the historic New Horizons close-up of Pluto, NASA has released new photos and the first color movie showing strange surface detail of the "other red planet" and its largest moon.
This is an image of Pluto you've seen before, but not quite this colorfully. A NASA/New Horizons press conference later today will provide information about the latest Pluto discoveries and new ...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back the first color image of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon.