Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing ...
Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...
Pluto and Charon are in a region of the outer solar system beyond Neptune called the Kuiper belt, which makes them both rocky ...
They needed some space. New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of years ago in a ...
This "kiss and capture" mechanism offers a fresh perspective on planetary formation, particularly about Pluto and its largest ...
Simulations suggest Pluto and its largest moon may have gently stuck together for a few hours before Charon settled into a ...
Overturning decades of assumptions about how Charon formed, researchers have revealed an entirely new form of cosmic ...
Pluto and Charon may have formed through a “kiss and capture” mechanism, with the two icy bodies colliding and becoming ...
Pluto is no longer classified as a planet, it’s a dwarf planet, however, it still has five moons. Now astronomers say they ...
Billions of years ago, in the frigid outer reaches of our solar system, two icy worlds collided. Rather than destroying each ...
A new study suggests that the origin of Pluto's largest moon was quite different than our own. Here's what you need to know.
A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...