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

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 ...

the lead author and a NASA postdoctoral fellow University of Arizona. The study suggests that the existing model for the formation of Earth’s moon doesn’t perfectly apply to Pluto and Charon.

“The formation of Sputnik Planitia provides a critical window into the earliest periods of Pluto’s history,” said Adeene Denton, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona's Lunar ...

This is how Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, originated, according to a new University of Arizona study that challenges decades of scientific assumptions. A study led by Adeene Denton ...

Pluto landed its largest moon ... This is the conclusion of a new study, conducted at the University of Arizona, which has identified an entirely new kind of cosmic collision.

For decades, astronomers have tried to determine how Pluto acquired its unusually ... research as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.) ...