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 smashing into pieces, Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, briefly spun together like a celestial snowman before separating, forever linked in orbit.
For decades, astronomers suspected that Pluto and Charon formed through a process similar to Earth and the Moon. This theory, ...
New simulations propose a 'Kiss and Capture' scenario to explain the evolution of the dwarf planet and its main moon.
Outer space is infinite, but that hasn't stopped humans trying to impose their laws on it. There are more ways for people to ...
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