Pluto 'paints' its largest moon red: NASA

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......

NASA probe clicks FIRST-EVER first colour image of Pluto

This image of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, was taken by the Ralph color imager aboard New Horizons on April 9, 2015, from a distance of about 71 million miles (115 million kilometers). It......

Pluto's moons tumbling in absolute chaos

Two of Pluto's moons, Nix and Hydra, wobble unpredictably, according to a comprehensive analysis of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This illustration shows the scale and comparative......

FIRST PHOTOS: A whole new world on Pluto

The mind-blowing dwarf planet has ice mountains and water A close-up image of a region near Pluto’s equator reveals a range of youthful mountains.Photograph: NASA It has been relegated to a......