Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...
Pluto's Largest Moon Formed Through ‘Kiss and Capture’ Event Redefining Icy Worlds, New Study Explains Experts postulated a ...
They call this cosmic dance a “kiss and capture” event, which could indicate Charon and Pluto are roughly the same age. “Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because ...
A study led by Adeene Denton, a NASA postdoctoral fellow who conducted the research at the U of A Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, has revealed this unexpected "kiss and capture" mechanism ...
So how did Pluto get its chonky companion? A new study suggests an unusual mechanism called “kiss and capture.” The “kiss and capture” concept for Charon’s formation detours from ...
A study led by Adeene Denton, a NASA postdoctoral fellow who conducted the research at the U of A Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, has revealed this unexpected "kiss and capture" mechanism ...
Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with ...
University of Arizona researchers have unveiled evidence of romance at the farthest reaches of the solar system: a cosmic ...
Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...