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

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

They call this cosmic dance a “kiss and capture” event, which could indicate Charon and Pluto are roughly the same age. “Because Pluto is rotating rapidly prior to the collision, and because ...

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 ...

A study led by Adeene Denton, a NASA postdoctoral fellow who conducted the research at the U of A Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, has revealed this unexpected "kiss and capture" mechanism ...

So how did Pluto get its chonky companion? A new study suggests an unusual mechanism called “kiss and capture.” The “kiss and capture” concept for Charon’s formation detours from ...

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

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