Comments on: Worlds In Collision … Literally (from NASA) https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/10/worlds-in-collision-literally/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:18:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Robert https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/10/worlds-in-collision-literally/#comment-541721 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:18:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/10/worlds-in-collision-literally/#comment-541721 A preprint version of the paper is here: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0906.2536

(The version at the journal web site requires a paid subscription.)

]]> By: Azkryoth https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/10/worlds-in-collision-literally/#comment-541720 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:36:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/10/worlds-in-collision-literally/#comment-541720

Lisse and his colleagues say the cosmic crash is similar to the one that formed our moon more than 4 billion years ago, when a body the size of Mars rammed into Earth.

Wait, did they actually settle on this hypothesis and I missed it?

]]> By: Galen Fletcher Evans https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/10/worlds-in-collision-literally/#comment-541719 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:50:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/10/worlds-in-collision-literally/#comment-541719 The Collision of Earth and a Mars sized planet was what created our moon, if i remember correctly.

]]> By: djfav https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/10/worlds-in-collision-literally/#comment-541718 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:29:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/10/worlds-in-collision-literally/#comment-541718 Metal.

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