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Overturning decades of assumptions about how Charon formed, researchers have revealed an entirely new form of cosmic collision.

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Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...