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 celestial collision
Pluto mission: South African astronomers join forces with NASA to learn more about the dwarf planet
Dwarf planet Eris is 'squishier' than expected. Eris is about the size of Pluto but around 50% farther from the sun. The discovery of Eris in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune in 2005 prompted the debate that ultimately reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet.