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'Kiss and capture': Scientists propose new explanation for Charon, Pluto's largest moon
In a study published recently in Nature Geoscience, researchers unveiled a new theory explaining the formation of Charon, Pluto's largest moon. The team from the University of Arizona proposed ...
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Pluto’s largest moon formed in a ‘kiss and capture’ event, reveals new study
particularly about Pluto and its largest moon Charon. Scientists have long believed that Charon formed through a violent impact, similar to Earth’s moon. However, this new study challenges the ...
Which planet has the most moons? Saturn dethrones Jupiter.
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear
After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that the spacecraft is on its side, which ...
February's Full Snow Moon Will Bring Many Twists and Turns for These 3 Zodiac Signs — but Not in the Way You'd Expect
Despite its nickname the Snow Moon, the month's lunation is sure to bring the heat as it radiates in the zodiac sign of Leo and places attention on our "heart's desires." The effects of February's ...
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What Makes Pluto So Intriguing
New Horizons discovered that Pluto is home to the largest glacier in ... That, plus Pluto’s small size—smaller than our moon—suggested that the world did not accrete in its current orbit ...
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Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock'
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft conducted the first and only flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach of that distant world in July 2015. Sailing onward, the probe carried out ...
Here's Your Horoscope For March 5
Astrologer Alexandria Lettman reveals what the stars have in store for every zodiac sign's horoscope on Wednesday, March 5, ...