Scientists have observed X-rays emanating from a white dwarf orbiting a supermassive black hole in a galaxy near the Milky Way. The study notes the stability of the dwarf's orbit, despite its ...

Last night, a crucial step in the European Space Agency's eclipse-making Proba-3 mission was completed: the two spacecraft, ...

“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, ...

Astronomers have long wondered how Charon, the largest of those moons, came to orbit Pluto. A paper published Monday in the ...

Billions of years ago, in the icy outskirts of the solar system, a dramatic collision forged the unusual pairing of Pluto and its moon, Charon. This celestial dance defied expectations, birthing a ...

"We have by and large been ignoring triples in models and simulations — we're just starting to understand how these types of ...

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...

A new study proposes a 'kiss and capture' collision theory to explain the origins of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, shedding ...

ISRO's SPADEX mission faces a tight deadline before the eclipse season. Autonomous space docking is crucial for future ...

FOX 13’s Mariah Harrison has a look at the overnight rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center, sending a pair of uncrewed ...