Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8h
A Novel ‘Kiss and Capture’ Event Gave Pluto Its Largest Moon, Charon, New Study Suggests
Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...
The Washington Post on MSN7d
The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse
Clam shells could help scientists understand the Atlantic Ocean’s sensitive circulation system — and predict whether that ...
Phys.org29d
Early Earth's oceans of magma may have accelerated the moon's departure
What's interesting is that most of the computer simulations for this collision generate a moon that is much closer to the Earth than we'd expect. Early Earth didn't have vast oceans, so there were ...