Across the cosmos, many stars can be found in pairs, gracefully circling one another. Yet one of the most dramatic pairings occurs between two orbiting black holes, formed after their massive ...

It’s difficult to predict with certainty what will happen when giant stars collide, but new, first-of-their-kind hydrodynamic simulations by the DEMOBLACK team at the University of Padova in Italy ...

Most theories claim the Moon formed out of the debris of a collision between the Earth and an object about the size of Mars, called Theia, coalescing in orbit over months or years. A new simulation ...

A TERRIFYING video reveals how an apocalyptic asteroid may pulverise Earth within the next 50 years. The doomsday space rock Apophis is named after the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness – and Nasa's ...

Researchers have developed a computer simulation of asteroid collisions that initially sought to replicate model asteroid strikes performed in a laboratory. After verifying the accuracy of the ...

Chondritic asteroids are among the most primitive objects in the solar system, containing a unique record of solar system formation. Three processes dominated their evolution as geological ...