Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...

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

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

Unlike Earth, where the Moon orbits the planet, Pluto and Charon orbit each other, forming a binary system that is more ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...

Billions of years ago, in the frigid outer reaches of our solar system, two icy worlds collided. Rather than destroying each ...

This "kiss and capture" mechanism offers a fresh perspective on planetary formation, particularly about Pluto and its largest ...

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

"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where ...

Until now, it was assumed that Pluto and Charon were formed after a violent collision. However, they may have found each ...

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

Learn more about how this new mechanism may have shaped Pluto and its largest moon, Charon.