Despite a concerted international public effort and the risk of incurring the wrath of Trekkies everywhere, neither of Pluto's recently discovered moons is to be named Vulcan. Instead the ...

The International Astronomical Union didn't make it so. Vulcan may have been the people's choice for a Plutonian moon, but instead, the IAU went with Kerberos and Styx as the official names for ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced Tuesday that names voted on by the public had been accepted for Pluto's fourth and fifth moons. Kerberos and Styx, formerly known as P4 and P5, ...

Age: Don't ask silly questions. It's a bleedin' river. Appearance: Stygian. What does that mean? Dark, gloomy, infernal, hellish, almost as murky as the Mersey basically. Mythical isn't it? Something ...

Pluto’s two tiniest moons -- P4, discovered in 2011, and P5, discovered in 2012 -- now have official names. Styx, formerly P5, and Kerberos, formerly P4, were voted on by the public and approved on ...

We all know the River Styx of Greek Mythology, but did you know there is one in Alachua County, Florida. Gainesville Sun intern and student journalist Chasity Maynard guest hosts this episode of the ...

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