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

Using simulations that took into account parameters like the size and composition of the bodies, along with the strength at ...

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 ...

In a nutshell Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly connected and spun together before separating into their ...

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

"What we've discovered is something entirely different—a 'kiss and capture' scenario where the bodies collide, stick together briefly and then separate while remaining gravitationally bound." ...

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

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 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 ...

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