A new theory has emerged to explain how Pluto may have captured its largest moon, Charon, billions of years ago through a unique "kiss-and-capture" collision. The process, proposed by researchers, ...

Previously, the Mars Sample Return mission had been estimated to cost around 11 billion dollars and would not return a sample ...

A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...

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.

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

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

Throughout January, four planets will line up in the night sky and be simultaneously visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere. Our celestial neighbours Venus and Mars as well as big ...

J anuary is a good month for interesting planetary alignment. You will have a lot going on in the night sky. For most of the ...

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

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

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

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