... e that CO in this system is evidence of a recent planetary collision on the scale of the collision between Earth and another protoplanet that led to the formation of the Moon. ...

Between 4.1 and 3.8 billion years ago, the Solar System was in turmoil. Known as the Late Heavy Bombardment, the period was characterized by an enhanced rate of asteroid impacts in the inner Solar System - remnants from the planet building processes ...

Researchers from the University of Warwick commissioned this illustration to support their press release about small planets forming via a new mechanism. Observations show that protoplanetary discs - pancakes of gas that surround new stars, inside of...

Researchers from the University of Warwick commissioned this illustration to support their press release about small planets forming via a new mechanism. Observations show that protoplanetary discs - pancakes of gas that surround new stars, inside of...

Researchers from the University of Warwick commissioned this illustration to support their press release about small planets forming via a new mechanism. Observations show that protoplanetary discs - pancakes of gas that surround new stars, inside of...

Illustration conceptualizing the formation of the Moon. The left side shows a collision between the early Earth and a smaller rocky protoplanet about the size of modern-day Mars. The right shows the Earth and Moon today....

Artwork of the young Earth-Moon system. The Earth had recently formed when it was struck by a protoplanet – called Theia – roughly three times the size of Mars. Debris from the impact went into orbit, while the cores of the two planets merged. Wi...