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

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

Using computer models, researchers studying Pluto and its moon, Charon, have discovered an unforeseen kind of cosmic ...

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

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

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

Overturning decades of assumptions about how Charon formed, researchers have revealed an entirely new form of cosmic collision.

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

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

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

Pluto and its moon Charon's meeting may be traced to a "kiss-and-capture" collision between the two. (CN) — The question of ...

New simulations propose a 'Kiss and Capture' scenario to explain the evolution of the dwarf planet and its main moon.