Hacker News with Generative AI: Pluto

A Novel 'Kiss and Capture' Event Gave Pluto Its Largest Moon, Charon (smithsonianmag.com)
Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a celestial collision
Space, Astronomy, Pluto, Moons, Celestial Mechanics
20 points by gmays 34 days ago | 3 comments
We May Be on the Brink of Finding the Real Planet Nine (scientificamerican.com)
Most astronomers would love to find a planet, but Mike Brown may be the only one proud of having killed one. Thanks to his research, Pluto, the solar system’s ninth planet, was removed from the pantheon—and the public cried foul. How can you revise our childhoods? How can you mess around with our planetariums?
Astronomy, Science, Solar System, Pluto
14 points by danboarder 66 days ago | 7 comments
James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto's icy moon Charon (space.com)
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Pluto, Moons
11 points by gmays 137 days ago | 1 comments
How Pluto got its 'heart' (news.arizona.edu)
Space Exploration, Pluto, Astronomy
21 points by gmays 312 days ago | 1 comments