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Pluto may have captured its moon Charon

Pluto’s Weirdly Big Moon May Have Come From A ‘Kiss And Capture’

Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies engaged in a celestial kiss and tango.

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Pluto and its Moon Charon Formed Through a Cosmic “Kiss and Capture”

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

Newsweek on MSN · 2d

Space: How Pluto Landed its Moon With a 'Kiss'

Overturning decades of assumptions about how Charon formed, researchers have revealed an entirely new form of cosmic collision.

Space on MSN · 2d

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 Charon billions of years ago.

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Feast your eyes on NASA's stunning 'farewell to Pluto' photo

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Image of the week: Pluto and Charon's fascinating embrace

New simulations propose a 'Kiss and Capture' scenario to explain the evolution of the dwarf planet and its main moon.

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Hubble Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe team up to image Uranus

Two NASA spacecraft have teamed up to capture direct images of Uranus. The Hubble Space Telescope and the New Horizons ...

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Pluto: What are NASA’s five big discoveries so far?

Before New Horizons, the best images of Pluto revealed nothing more than a few light and dark patches. The best Hubble Telescope images were only 150 pixels across. The new pictures show ...

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You think it’s cold? The winter storm is nothing compared to these icy worlds

In our solar system, Earth is one of only three worlds that sees temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit, while other ...

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Pluto Mission Will Now Study The Distant Solar Wind, Says NASA

NASA has given a new lease of life to its New Horizons mission, which in 2015 got the first-ever close-ups images of dwarf planet Pluto. Thought to be a target for cost savings, according to ...

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