This “kiss and capture” mechanism offers a fresh perspective on planetary formation, particularly about Pluto and its largest ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...

A Mass Driver, or Lunar Mass Accelerator, is a futuristic infrastructure capable of using the Moon’s low gravity—just one-sixth of Earth’s—to launch lunar materials directly into orbit.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. On Earth, granite is the result of the cooling of molten lava from a ...