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. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Some 4.5 billion years ...

With Charon being half Pluto’s size, experts have struggled to explain how it ended up in the dwarf planet’s domain. Now, a team of researchers has suggested that Pluto may have secured Charon ...

"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where the two bodies only temporarily merge before re-separating!" New ...

In the comments, bunopsia said their Ghost-type Charmander line was based on Greek mythology, namely from Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx, and the iconic three-headed hound named Cerberus.

Astronomers have long been puzzled about Charon's origins. Now, a new theory may provide an answer. A paper published in Nature Geoscience on Monday explores how Pluto's largest moon, Charon ...