Pluto's Largest Moon Formed Through ‘Kiss and Capture’ Event Redefining Icy Worlds, New Study Explains Experts postulated a ...

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

Now, a team of researchers has suggested that Pluto may have secured Charon through a newly described “kiss and capture” mechanism that challenges previous theories. Their work was published on Monday ...

New study reveals Pluto and Charon’s origin: a unique "kiss and capture" collision redefines how binary systems form.

Now, new research suggests that Pluto and Charon briefly came together billions of years ago in a newly discovered “kiss and capture” collision. Scientists have long theorized that Charon ...

University of Arizona researchers have unveiled evidence of romance at the farthest reaches of the solar system: a cosmic ...

"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where the two bodies only temporarily merge before re-separating!" New ...

The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...

The group now calls the proposed formation process “kiss and capture”, whereas previously preferred scenarios could be summarized as “hit-and-run”. However, these explanations ignore the ...

Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...

Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with ...