TUCSON, Ariz. — How did Pluto end up with its largest moon, Charon? Like many entanglements, it started with a kiss. New research from the University of Arizona details a “kiss and capture ...

Using NASA New Horizons spacecraft data and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, mission scientists created this flyover movie.

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth ...

It orbits Pluto at an average distance of 19,570 km. While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps ...

New research suggests the Moon may still be geologically active, as 266 newly discovered wrinkle ridges indicate recent surface changes. The study estimates these ridges formed within the last 160 ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — How did Pluto end up with its largest moon, Charon? Like many entanglements, it started with a kiss. New research from the University of Arizona details a “kiss and capture” mechanism ...

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Astronomers have long thought that Charon, the largest moon of Pluto, formed after a collision in the early solar system. New simulations of that encounter have found that ...

Using a new data-assimilation system called JAGUAR-DAS, ... Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the ...

Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit ... The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left ...