"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 ...

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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 ...