How Pluto found its five-moon mojo

Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 15:20 in Astronomy & Space

Pluto's five moons give the dwarf planet more satellites than Mercury, Earth, Venus and Mars combined — and scientists are zeroing in on the explanation for that. They say it all goes back to a cosmic billiards game that began 4 billion years ago.

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