which we can then tie to Pluto's contemporary geology to test. "I'd really like to determine how the initial Pluto-Charon impact can influence whether and how Pluto and Charon develop oceans." ...

which we can then tie to Pluto's contemporary geology to test. "I'd really like to determine how the initial Pluto-Charon impact can influence whether and how Pluto and Charon develop oceans." ...

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

The scenario also could support Pluto's active geology and possible subsurface ocean, despite its location at the frozen edge of the solar system. A NASA postdoctoral researcher at Southwest ...

When manipulated, they reveal a wealth of scientific information. This image uses 'false-colour' to show how the geology of Pluto's surface varies. It reveals how much light is reflected by ...

Pluto and Charon, however ... now hopes to investigate how the new scenario might have impacted the bodies’ geology—including potential subsurface oceans—as well as whether the “kiss ...

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 ...

Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Some 4.5 billion years ...

"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!" ...

The scenario also could support Pluto’s active geology and possible subsurface ocean, despite its location at the frozen edge of the solar system. “We think the Earth-Moon system initiated ...