A new study proposes a 'kiss and capture' collision theory to explain the origins of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, shedding light on the dwarf planet's mysterious past.

“Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because Charon lies mostly outside of their corotation zone, ...

For decades, astronomers suspected that Pluto and Charon formed through a process similar to Earth and the Moon. This theory, ...

Billions of years ago, two icy worlds—Pluto and Chron—collided in the farthest reaches of our solar system. But rather than ...

Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing ...

Pluto and Charon's origin story has been rewritten by a recent study, revealing they formed from a unique "kiss and capture" ...

New models reveal Pluto and Charon may have spent some of their early history locked together in an embrace after a grazing ...

Until now, the thinking was that Pluto and Charon formed like Earth and our Moon. New research has flipped that script.

Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...

Pluto and its moon Charon's meeting may be traced to a "kiss-and-capture" collision between the two. (CN) — The question of ...

The love story between Pluto and Charon may have started with a kiss. A new study suggests the dwarf planet and its scarcely smaller moon likely came together in a collision that saw them conjoined ...