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The story behind Pluto's huge moon bodes well for distant ocean worlds
The incident could have created enough heat for Pluto to form an underground ocean ... NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured Pluto and its biggest moon, Charon, together. Credit: NASA / Johns ...
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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
And the new research may offer evidence for a subsurface ocean beneath Pluto’s icy crust. Charon and Earth’s moon are both a large fraction of the size of the main body they orbit, which is ...
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There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night
Within a few minutes, Mars rose farther above the Moon's horizon. Thanks to the parallax ... often over the ocean or in polar regions. The next lunar occultation of Mars visible across most ...
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The story behind Pluto's huge moon bodes well for distant ocean worlds
sending the moon into a stable orbit. Neither would have lost too much of its original material in the process. The incident could have created enough heat for Pluto to form an underground ocean ...