Scientists went over the questions of Pluto’s moons for years and Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx being smaller than Charon. Open the Youtube video One theory was that Pluto got its moon system ...

and potentially led to the formation of Pluto's smaller moons — Nix, Styx, Kerberos, and Hydra. Bill McKinnon, a planetary scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, praised the theory ...

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 ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto turns out to have as much complexity as Mars or Earth, so much so that I ...

An curved arrow pointing right. See what's so weird about Pluto and its moons. Produced by Emmanuel Ocbazghi. Original reporting by Jessica Orwig. Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from Science ...