Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with ...

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Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly ...

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Pluto has five moons, but Charon stands out from the rest. Charon is half the size of Pluto, “making it the largest known moon relative ...

Astronomers have long wondered how Charon, the largest of those moons, came to orbit Pluto. A paper published ... or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify ...

Pluto landed its largest moon, Charon, with a 'kiss'—overturning decades of scientific assumptions about how planetary bodies form and evolve. This is the conclusion of a new study, conducted at ...

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While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

Unlike how scientists believe Earth's moon formed billions ... That made all the difference, Denton said. The simulation showed that Pluto and its impactor didn't merge, lose a lot of material ...

New Horizons spacecraft captures Pluto and its largest moon Charon NASA's New Horizons ... a disk beyond Neptune of comets and tiny ice worlds. That made all the difference, Denton said.