No One Actually Knows What a Moon Is

But as researchers have discovered more moonlike objects in our solar system—including 128 moons orbiting Saturn just this ...
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SwRI models Pluto-Charon formation scenario that mimics Earth-Moon system

Using advanced models, SwRI led new research that indicates that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. In the resulting “kiss-and-capture” regime, Pluto and ...
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Space rocks may answer questions about Earth and Pluto

Two space rocks are raising huge scientific questions and may pose some answers regarding the nature of our planet and of another solar system body, Pluto. Pluto has long been under siege by skeptics ...
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Scientists Confirm Earth Now Has A Second Moon

For the average person, gazing up at […] The post Scientists Confirm Earth Now Has A Second Moon appeared first on ...
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Planet Y: A Hidden Earth-Size World Could Lurk Far Closer Than 'Planet Nine'

A newly discovered warp in the outer Solar System may have been created by a small, rocky world, much closer to the Sun than ...
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Two green comets are streaming close to earth. Here’s how skygazers can see this rare occurrence

Both originate from the solar system's outer reaches, potentially the Oort Cloud, far beyond Pluto. Comet Lemmon will have its closest brush with Earth on or around Tuesday. The other cosmic snowball, ...