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How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss'
Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with ...
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Pluto and Charon formed through a 'kiss and capture' collision
New study reveals Pluto and Charon’s origin: a unique "kiss and capture" collision redefines how binary systems form.
Kissing moons may explain why Earth's moon is so large
The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...
New planet in the solar system? This is the new discovery by scientists that could change the view of our planetary neighborhood
A powerful new tool comes online this year that could help astronomers locate the mysterious planet hiding somewhere beyond ...
How Pluto and Charon Were Born From a Giant Collision
Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...
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Pluto-Charon formation scenario mimics Earth-Moon system
"We think the Earth-Moon system initiated when a Mars-sized object hit the Earth and led to the formation of our large Moon ... a lot of material to the solar system. Pluto is bigger and started ...
Pluto may have captured its largest moon with a ‘kiss,’ scientists say
For decades, astronomers have tried to determine how Pluto acquired its unusually large moon Charon, which is about half the ...
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Planetary science discovery explains Pluto's formation
Billions of years ago, in the icy outskirts of the solar system, a dramatic collision forged the unusual pairing of Pluto and ...
6 planets align this January in a celestial late Friday/Saturday evening parade
A six-planet alignment or parade will form an arc in the early night sky, peaking in it's visibility Jan. 17-18. We let you ...
6 planets align this January in a celestial late evening parade
Planetary alignments and conjunctions are fairly common, but a six-planet alignment is a bit more rare. It doesn't happen every year. You can see one this month.