The “demoted” dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon make an unusual pair, and for decades, scientists have been ...

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

Simulations suggest Pluto and its largest moon may have gently stuck together for a few hours before Charon settled into a ...

Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.

Unlike Earth, where the Moon orbits the planet, Pluto and Charon orbit each other, forming a binary system that is more ...

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

Pluto and Charon created a binary system, rewriting planetary formation theories and hinting at hidden subsurface oceans.

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

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

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

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

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing ...