Hit-and-run collisions between embryonic planets during a critical period in the early history of the Solar System may account for some previously unexplained properties of planets, asteroids, and ...

To understand how chaotic the early solar system was, we need only gaze at the moon. Its cratered surface bears the scars of multitudes of collisions. The early solar system was like a debris field ...

The Earth wants to play tag and almost crashes into Mars… thus, nearly causing the end of the world. What would really happen if two planets collide? Welcome to SolarBalls! Space animation filled with ...