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Pluto and Charon may have formed through a “kiss and capture” mechanism, with the two icy bodies colliding and becoming ...

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

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

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

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Simulations suggest Pluto and its largest moon may have gently stuck together for a few hours before Charon settled into a ...

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

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