Caption Image shows a visualisation of the huge, glowing planetary body produced by a planetary collision. In the foreground, fragments of ice and rock fly away from the collision and will later ...

The Giant Impact Hypothesis has long fascinated scientists as the leading explanation for the Moon's formation. Around 4.5 ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a method to detect small asteroids in the main asteroid belt, significantly improving our ability to spot objects as little as 10 meters across. This new technique, ...

The researchers created the numerical simulations using smoothed particle hydrodynamics software, considered the basis for a wide range of planetary collision studies, to model different scenarios ...

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to ...

NASA revealed two giant asteroids, which are said to be about 100 ft in size, are charging towards Earth and belong to the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Researchers at Penn State University suggest that Earth’s only satellite may have come from a “binary-exchange capture” rather than a planetary collision, challenging ...

Chinese scientists found for the first time a meteorite crater on a mountain ridge, the discovery of which enriches human's understanding of the planetary collision history and provides a new ...

It’s thought that the shape of Sputnik Planitia and its location at the equator is down to an oblique, rather than a head-on, collision with another planetary body. “The formation of Sputnik ...