It might also have resulted in the formation of Pluto’s four other known moons — Nix, Styx, Kerberos and Hydra — which are tiny compared with Charon and were glimpsed when NASA’s New ...

Scientists have been contemplating Pluto’s moons for years. The other four moons—Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx—are much smaller than Charon. One idea is that Pluto got its moon system when a ...

Whereas a moon usually orbits a planet, both Pluto and Charon orbit a point in space between them — their common center of mass. The other four moons in the system — Styx, Nix, Kerberos and ...

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, ...

Additionally, the collision could have led to the creation of Pluto's smaller moons: Nix, Styx, Kerberos, and Hydra. These moons, observed by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015, are much ...

and potentially led to the formation of Pluto's smaller moons — Nix, Styx, Kerberos, and Hydra. Bill McKinnon, a planetary scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, praised the theory ...

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and potentially led to the formation of Pluto’s smaller moons — Nix, Styx, Kerberos, and Hydra. Bill McKinnon, a planetary scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, praised the theory, saying ...

New research suggests that billions of years ago, Pluto may have captured its largest moon, Charon, with a very brief icy "kiss." The theory could explain how the dwarf planet (yeah, we wish Pluto ...

With the Pro Bowl quarterbacks dropping out like flies, Denver Broncos rookie Bo Nix — voted an alternate in December — had the invitation to go fill a spot. Nix declined due to undergoing a ...