June 27, 2006Hydra and Nix are the names of Pluto’s newfound moons, announced the International Astronomical Union (IAU) June 21. The moons, discovered in May 2005 were previously called S/2005 P1 and S/2005 P2, respectively. A pair of small moons that NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope discovered orbiting Pluto now have official names: Nix and Hydra. … Continue reading Pluto’s moons named