Mordor hints at Charon’s action. Charon’s dark spot, which mission scientists have now dubbed “Mordor,” remains intriguing in the latest image of Pluto’s largest moon.

Scientists looking deep into the “heart” of Pluto have discovered more evidence that the dwarf planet could be hiding a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface.

In a just-held briefing, NASA says that Pluto's "heart" will be named for the dwarf planet's original discoverer, a dark spot on moon Charon is called "Mordor," and Pluto is a relative newborn.

The heart’s left lobe turned out to be a low ... Oddly enough, the depression now sits almost exactly opposite the spot on Pluto that constantly faces Pluto’s biggest moon, “a striking ...

The long-lived deposit of ice on Pluto's "heart" may have also played a role in orienting the planet toward its moon. "This basin probably has been there a long time and had this bright ice spot ...

But Pluto's heart may be on the prowl, scientists now say, with it slowly wandering from where it first formed to the spot imaged by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during last July's flyby.

This weak spot may let heat rise through Pluto’s ... An Icy Heart In addition to being aligned with Charon, Pluto’s heart lies almost exactly at the equator — a location which Binzel ...

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The latest photo released by NASA shows Pluto's heart-shaped feature is home to a ... The moon appears to have a reddish spot which scientists are eager to learn more about once more information ...

There is one name on Pluto the IAU can’t possibly disagree with: Tombaugh Regio. It’s the heart-shaped bright spot along the dwarf planet’s equator named for Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto’s ...

NASA has released the latest batch of images of Pluto and its complex system of moons, revealing the dwarf planet’s heart in stunning detail. The white heart shape was Pluto’s most prominent feature ...