Collision between two bodies of similar mass may explain the formation of Mercury

The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the sun has a disproportionately large metallic ...

Life on Earth May Be Thanks to a Lucky Planetary Collision

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the Solar System formed, it took no more than three million years for the ...
The New York Times

A Big Whack That Made the Moon May Have Also Created Continents That Move

Computer simulations suggest that a collision with another planetary object early in Earth’s history may have provided the heat to set off plate tectonics. By Lucas Joel Some 4.5 billion years ago, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Collision Awards Launch Honoring Animation and Motion Graphics (Exclusive)

Randeep Katari has been named the event's general manager. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Underscoring growth in the animation field, the organizers of The Telly Awards and additional industry ...

A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...
Newsweek

Space: How Pluto Landed its Moon With a ‘Kiss’

Pluto landed its largest moon, Charon, with a 'kiss'—overturning decades of scientific assumptions about how planetary bodies form and evolve. This is the conclusion of a new study, conducted at the ...