Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Astronomers have long thought that Charon, the largest moon of Pluto, formed after a collision in the early solar system. New simulations of that encounter have found that ...

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. When you purchase through links on our site ...

New models suggest Pluto and Charon formed from a giant impact, hinting at ongoing geological activity and hidden oceans on Pluto. This composite of enhanced color images of Pluto (lower right) and ...

A new medallion book features “Mickey and Friends” written in black text beneath a group picture of Mickey and his pals Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, and Pluto. A blue Cinderella Castle silhouette is ...

New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of years ago in a harmless collision. The report, published in “Nature Geoscience,” describes how the ...

Instead of a catastrophic destruction, they united briefly, spinning together like a cosmic snowman. This “kiss and capture” scenario led to the formation of Pluto and its moon, Charon, as we know ...

Pluto can be thought of as being part of a binary system with its biggest satellite, Charon (pictured). Scientists have long thought that this system formed as the result of a collision between ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

With Charon being half Pluto’s size, experts have struggled to explain how it ended up in the dwarf planet’s domain. Now, a team of researchers has suggested that Pluto may have secured Charon ...

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You may have just noticed the Pluto TV app popping up on your smart TV or games console, but this FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming TV) service is actually an industry veteran, having served ...

Pluto might have hogged much of the spotlight historically, but the dwarf planet is actually part of a double act, alongside its biggest satellite, Charon. A new analysis suggests that Pluto used ...