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A Novel ‘Kiss and Capture’ Event Gave Pluto Its Largest Moon, Charon, New Study Suggests
Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...
"Kiss and capture": New theory explains how Pluto captured its biggest moon
“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, ...
Pluto's 'kiss and capture' of its largest moon Charon 4.5 billion years ago could change how we teach about moons and planetary systems in US schools
A new theory about Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, could alter how planetary systems are taught in U.S. schools. Scientists ...
'A cosmic dance': How Pluto's ‘kiss and capture’ gave birth to its largest moon Charon
A new study proposes a 'kiss and capture' collision theory to explain the origins of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, shedding ...
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How Pluto got its biggest moon with an ancient 'kiss and capture'
Scientists propose Pluto and its moon Charon formed through a "kiss and capture" event 4.5 billion years ago, challenging ...
Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss
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.
‘A space collision you had no idea about’: 10 billion years ago, Pluto’s ‘Kiss’ changed cosmos forever
Pluto and Charon created a binary system, rewriting planetary formation theories and hinting at hidden subsurface oceans.
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Here’s how Pluto and Charon became a bizarre double planet
For decades, astronomers suspected that Pluto and Charon formed through a process similar to Earth and the Moon. This theory, ...
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Pluto ‘kissed’ its moon and captured it in orbit
Billions of years ago, two icy worlds—Pluto and Chron—collided in the farthest reaches of our solar system. But rather than ...
Who is Taylor Saunders? Let’s bump into the unknown Taylor, but very much a big part of Blake Cashman’s ticker (heart)
Two Taylors are making waves in the NFL world, not Taylor Swift, but Taylor Saunders, the girlfriend of Minnesota Vikings linebacker Blake Cashman. Sa ...
What to know: SpaceX rocket launch from Florida hours after New Glenn
The Space Coast is in for a possible double-header. Hours after New Glenn launches on its first flight, SpaceX plans to ...
Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager Predict Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Will Get Engaged Soon: ‘It’s Happening’
Today ' co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager predicted that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift will get engaged soon. "It's ...