For a quick primer on the real Charon, his appearance, origins, and abilities, give the video from Mythology & Fiction Explained a spin at the top of the article.

In mythology, Charon was the son of the primal gods Nix, the goddess of night, and Erebus, the god of darkness. His siblings were also a colorful bunch.

Today, let's talk about Pluto and Charon; these two have quite the story! Did you know that their 10-hour "intimate encounter" has shaken the field of astronomy to its core?

Greek mythology has impacted various cultures around the world, and its roots are surprisingly apparent in Slavic folklore ...

More information about Final Fantasy 16 is shown at a State of Play, and the Hideaway's shop clues fans into Square Enix leaning on Greek myth.

Mythological and fictional exploration make up the first official feature names for Pluto's largest moon. From Dorothy Gale to Egyptian mythology, the names honor exploration.

Legendary explorers and visionaries, real and fictitious, are among those immortalized by the IAU in the first set of official surface-feature names for Pluto's largest moon, Charon.

Greek mythology guides the naming convention for Pluto’s two most recently identified moons, more may be discovered when the New Horizons spacecraft flies past Pluto in July 2015. Tonight marks the ...

(The choice of Charon as the moon’s name, however, wasn’t entirely due to its connection to Pluto in mythology; Christy wanted to name the moon in honor of his wife, Charlene, and Charon was ...