NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a new moon orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto, the fifth such satellite to be discovered and the smallest one to date. The moon, provisionally named S/2012 ...

NASA uses Hubble telescope to take UV photographs of the moon. Scientists are looking for sites rich in oxygen-bearing minerals that astronauts might use to access air, water, rocket fuel. NASA is ...

Lunar scientists have already returned to the Moon, using the Hubble Space Telescope and old Apollo program rock samples to begin prospecting for useful ores. Locating ores rich in oxygen and metals ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The tiny, new satellite – temporarily designated P4 -- was uncovered in a Hubble survey ...

Peering to the outskirts of our solar system, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark moon orbiting Makemake, the second brightest icy dwarf planet after Pluto in the Kuiper Belt. The ...

WASHINGTON: The Hubble Space Telescope, which normally surveys the edges of the universe, has turned its attention to our nearby Moon and found mineral concentrations that might prove to be sources of ...

The discovery of the moon, orbiting the planet Makemake, is further proof that planets in the Kuiper Belt have moons You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chalk up a moon for the icy dwarf planet Makemake. The Hubble Space Telescope has detected a tiny, dark moon circling the dwarf planet on the frozen fringes of our solar system ...

The new moon, visible as a speck of light in Hubble images, is estimated to be irregular in shape and between 10km and 25km across. Scientists are intrigued that such a small world can have such a ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found a moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake, far beyond the orbit of Neptune. Makemake lies within the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy objects left ...