A New Moon is a common lunar event that happens every 29.5 days. These lunations are part of the synodic month measured from ...

Unlike how scientists believe Earth's moon formed billions ... That made all the difference, Denton said. The simulation showed that Pluto and its impactor didn't merge, lose a lot of material ...

New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of years ago in ... “But since they’re all different in their compositions and mass, it’s critical ...

New research suggests that billions of years ago, Pluto may have captured its largest moon, Charon, with a very brief icy "kiss." The theory could explain how the dwarf planet (yeah, we wish Pluto was ...

Here’s how it works. Charon is the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, but calling it a moon is really a misnomer; Pluto and Charon actually form a binary system. Whereas a moon usually ...

Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Pluto has five moons, but Charon stands out from the rest. Charon is half the size of Pluto, “making it the largest known moon relative ...

A new study suggests that the origin of Pluto's largest moon was quite different than our own. Here's what you need to know.

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Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a ... but since they're all different in their compositions and mass, it's critical to learn how kiss-and-capture ...