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

For decades, scientists believed Charon formed through a massive collision similar to the one that created Earth’s moon ... in shaping the features we see on Pluto today.” ...

It was previously thought that Charon formed in the wake of a massive collision billions of years ago, much like how ... pair we can see today. As a result, it is likely that both Pluto and ...

The prevailing thought is that a Mars-sized body collided with Earth around 4.5 billion years ... a crucial role in shaping the features we see on Pluto's surface today." NASA’s New Horizons ...

"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where the two bodies only temporarily merge before re-separating!" ...

And the new research may offer evidence for a subsurface ocean beneath Pluto’s icy crust. Charon and Earth’s moon are both a large fraction of the size of the main body they orbit, which is ...

“Something big hits Pluto, and you get Charon, but like with the Earth-moon system ... Denton seeks to see how the principles at play affect other Kuiper Belt objects, such as the dwarf planets ...

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