Collision_theory, a part of Link Hall's Artistic Associates program, is a series of improvised performances where musicians and dancers-with little collaborative experience-are paired to create an ...

A new study highlights a novel perspective on how the moon was formed. The moon is believed to have formed from a collision, 4.5 billion years ago, between Earth and an impactor the size of Mars, ...

The moon did indeed coalesce out of tiny bits of pulverized planet blasted into space by a catastrophic collision 4.5 billion years ago, two new studies suggest. The new research potentially plugs a ...

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Astronomers detected a collision between two black holes in unprecedented detail early in 2025, offering the clearest view ...

Earth may once have had two moons - the one that shines at night today and a smaller companion, according to a new theory. A slow-motion collision between the two is believed to have created the ...

Astronomers announced today that a mystery object orbiting a star 170 light-years from Earth might have formed from the collision and merger of two protoplanets. The object, known as 2M1207B, has ...

Earth's moon formed inside a cloud of molten rock, and may have done so before our planet itself formed, a new theory suggests. Scientists call such a cloud a synestia, a doughnut-shaped ring of ...

One of the great mysteries of our Solar System is why Uranus is tilted on its side. Surely, if the solar system formed from the same rotating cloud of dust and gas, then all the bodies within it ...