Whereas a moon usually orbits a planet, both Pluto and Charon orbit a point in space between them — their common center of mass. The other four moons in the system — Styx, Nix, Kerberos and ...

This slow collision would have caused a "geologic reset" for Pluto, as Charon stripped some of its ice, and potentially led to the formation of Pluto's smaller moons — Nix, Styx, Kerberos ...

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. When you purchase through links on our site ...

The findings, published earlier this month in the journal Nature Geoscience, challenge the widely accepted notion that Pluto and Charon formed the same way the Earth and moon did, with a ...

Pluto might have hogged much of the spotlight historically, but the dwarf planet is actually part of a double act, alongside its biggest satellite, Charon. A new analysis suggests that Pluto used ...