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The Mystery of Arrokoth: What NASA Didn’t See ComingNASA’s New Horizons mission changed our understanding of the outer solar system. After its famous Pluto flyby, it traveled ...
It could also help scientists better investigate the structural strength of frigid, icy worlds in the Kuiper Belt. "We've found that if we assume that Pluto and Charon are bodies with material ...
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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theoryPluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.
As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
On this date, Jan. 19, 2006, the first probe ever destined to visit Pluto, its moons and other Kuiper belt objects launched from Launch Complex 41 at what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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