Using data collected by the spacecraft’s LEISA spectral imager, researchers are uncovering the true nature of Nix’s surface coarse, pure water ice that behaves like rock due to the extreme cold of ...

Pluto is smaller than Earth's moon, yet it still manages to have five moons of its own. Their names are Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra, and Charon. Most of Pluto's moons are positively tiny.

So today at 3 p.m. ET we get to see the best-ever views of Pluto and its moons Charon, Hydra, and Nix. While the world awaits the big reveal, below are the types of images you can expect to see ...

And Charon isn't the only moon that's not living up to expectations. Nix and Hydra are much smaller than expected, Pluto geologist John Spencer said during a scientific panel discussing the ...

After sending chills down their spines with its brief stint as the highest-risk space object ever recorded, a near-Earth asteroid, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has now prompted astronomers to turn their ...