Study: Pluto captured its moon with a ‘kiss’
Pluto and its moon Charon's meeting may be traced to a "kiss-and-capture" collision between the two. (CN) — The question of how Pluto captured its moon Charon may have been answered, thanks to new modeling suggesting a “kiss-and-capture” scenario linked the two bodies together.
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New simulations propose a 'Kiss and Capture' scenario to explain the evolution of the dwarf planet and its main moon.
Two NASA spacecraft have teamed up to capture direct images of Uranus. The Hubble Space Telescope and the New Horizons ...
Charon, the largest and most well-studied of Pluto's five moons, was first visited in 2015 as part of the groundbreaking ...
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