Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Astrum explores everything NASA's New Horizons saw and discovered in the Kuiper Belt around Pluto, Charon and Arrokoth (Ultima Thule).

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

Pluto was always in a tough spot when it came to being a planet. Just 1,477 miles across, it's only one-fifth the diameter of Earth. It did have five known moons: Charon, Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and ...

Last year, the Webb telescope discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon. Balmer hopes to use Webb to observe more four-planet systems ...

Last year, the Webb telescope discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon. Balmer hopes to use Webb to observe more four-planet systems ...

Our crew came prepared though, so as the first human to leave the lander sets foot on Pluto, they will see some amazing sights. Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, has a tidally locked orbit.