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New "Kiss-and-Capture" Theory Explains Pluto's Formation of Largest Moon, Charon
- Wednesday January 8, 2025
A new theory proposes that Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, was formed billions of years ago through a rare "kiss-and-capture" collision in the Kuiper Belt. This process involves two icy bodies briefly merging and then separating, leaving Charon in a stable orbit around Pluto. Unlike traditional collision models, this event challenges previous theor...
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NASA's New Horizons Data Helps Identify a Possible Source for Pluto's Moon Charon's Red Cap
- Tuesday August 2, 2022
- ANI
NASA's New Horizons mission data along with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling has helped scientists to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed. The team realistically replicated Charon surface conditions to measure the composition and colour of hydrocarbons produced on Charo...
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What’s It Like to Be on Venus or Pluto? We Studied Their Sand Dunes and Found Some Clues
- Saturday May 21, 2022
- The Conversation
A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hop...
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NASA and Star Wars: These Fictional Worlds From the Franchise Bear an Uncanny Resemblance to the Real World
- Thursday May 5, 2022
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
While Hoth looks similar to Pluto, Mustafar shares resemblance with Venus. Geonosis, with rugged dry landscape in red hues, appears to be a look-alike of Mars. Endor's appearance seems to have taken inspiration from one of the Jupiter's largest moons, Ganymede.
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Pluto 'Paints' Its Largest Moon Red: NASA
- Thursday September 15, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
The reddish polar region on Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is an effect of methane gas escaping from the icy dwarf planet's atmosphere, say scientists who solved the mystery behind the coloured region first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft last year.
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NASA Spots 'Super Grand Canyon' On Pluto's Moon
- Friday June 24, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
Pluto's largest moon Charon is home to an unusual canyon system that is far longer and deeper than Earth's Grand Canyon, according to a new image beamed back by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pluto's Largest Moon Likely Fractured By Sub-Surface Ocean: NASA
- Saturday February 20, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Images from the New Horizon space probe suggest that Pluto's moon Charon once had a sub-surface ocean that has since frozen and expanded, causing the surface to stretch and fracture, NASA said on Friday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Watch a Day as It Unfolds on Pluto, Its Moon Charon
- Saturday November 21, 2015
- World News | Indo-Asian New Service
NASA's New Horizons probe has captured some stunning images of how the day progresses on Pluto and its largest moon Charon.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA Captures Pluto's Moon Charon in Stunning Detail
- Friday October 2, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best colour and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, which show a surprisingly complex and violent history.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA Probe Beams Back Its First Colour Image of Pluto
- Thursday April 16, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back its first colour image of the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon, after more than nine years of travelling through the solar system.
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www.ndtv.com
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New "Kiss-and-Capture" Theory Explains Pluto's Formation of Largest Moon, Charon
- Wednesday January 8, 2025
A new theory proposes that Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, was formed billions of years ago through a rare "kiss-and-capture" collision in the Kuiper Belt. This process involves two icy bodies briefly merging and then separating, leaving Charon in a stable orbit around Pluto. Unlike traditional collision models, this event challenges previous theor...
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www.gadgets360.com
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NASA's New Horizons Data Helps Identify a Possible Source for Pluto's Moon Charon's Red Cap
- Tuesday August 2, 2022
- ANI
NASA's New Horizons mission data along with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling has helped scientists to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed. The team realistically replicated Charon surface conditions to measure the composition and colour of hydrocarbons produced on Charo...
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www.gadgets360.com
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What’s It Like to Be on Venus or Pluto? We Studied Their Sand Dunes and Found Some Clues
- Saturday May 21, 2022
- The Conversation
A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hop...
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www.gadgets360.com
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NASA and Star Wars: These Fictional Worlds From the Franchise Bear an Uncanny Resemblance to the Real World
- Thursday May 5, 2022
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
While Hoth looks similar to Pluto, Mustafar shares resemblance with Venus. Geonosis, with rugged dry landscape in red hues, appears to be a look-alike of Mars. Endor's appearance seems to have taken inspiration from one of the Jupiter's largest moons, Ganymede.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Pluto 'Paints' Its Largest Moon Red: NASA
- Thursday September 15, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
The reddish polar region on Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is an effect of methane gas escaping from the icy dwarf planet's atmosphere, say scientists who solved the mystery behind the coloured region first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft last year.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA Spots 'Super Grand Canyon' On Pluto's Moon
- Friday June 24, 2016
- World News | Press Trust of India
Pluto's largest moon Charon is home to an unusual canyon system that is far longer and deeper than Earth's Grand Canyon, according to a new image beamed back by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pluto's Largest Moon Likely Fractured By Sub-Surface Ocean: NASA
- Saturday February 20, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Images from the New Horizon space probe suggest that Pluto's moon Charon once had a sub-surface ocean that has since frozen and expanded, causing the surface to stretch and fracture, NASA said on Friday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Watch a Day as It Unfolds on Pluto, Its Moon Charon
- Saturday November 21, 2015
- World News | Indo-Asian New Service
NASA's New Horizons probe has captured some stunning images of how the day progresses on Pluto and its largest moon Charon.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA Captures Pluto's Moon Charon in Stunning Detail
- Friday October 2, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best colour and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, which show a surprisingly complex and violent history.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA Probe Beams Back Its First Colour Image of Pluto
- Thursday April 16, 2015
- World News | Press Trust of India
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back its first colour image of the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon, after more than nine years of travelling through the solar system.
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www.ndtv.com