N ew 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 ...

If Charon hit Pluto at a relatively sedate speed of about 2,000 miles per hour — 10 times as slow as the Earth’s moon-forming impact — the two would have remained in contact for about 10 ...

What processes during the formation of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially led to it having cryovolcanism, and even an ...

When Pluto and Charon hit, they may have stuck together, rotating through space as one unit until they pushed against each ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...

This "kiss and capture" mechanism offers a fresh perspective on planetary formation, particularly about Pluto and its largest moon Charon.

"Something big hits Pluto, and you get Charon, but like with the Earth-moon system, we don't fully know how that works and the conditions under which that occurs," Denton said.

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 ...

“Something big hits Pluto, and you get Charon, but like with the Earth-moon system, we don’t fully know how that works and the conditions under which that occurs,” Denton said. 4 ...

At half Pluto’s size and 12 percent of its mass, Charon is an unusually large moon. Since the 1990s, planetary scientists have thought that Charon could have formed in a similar way to Earth’s ...

If Charon hit Pluto at a relatively sedate speed of about 2,000 mph – 10 times as slow as the Earth’s moon-forming impact – the two would have remained in contact for about 10 hours before ...

When Pluto and Charon hit, they may have stuck together, rotating through space as one unit until they pushed against each other, according to a new study, sending the moon into a stable orbit ...