Was Mercury formed by a cosmic hit-and-run?

The early years of our solar system were a period of unimaginable chaos and violence, a gravitational free-for-all where colliding planetary embryos competed for survival. In this tumultuous environment, countless collisions shaped the worlds we know today, but one has remained an enduring cosmic mystery: Mercury. A new study suggests Mercury may have formed fromContinue reading “Was Mercury formed by a cosmic hit-and-run?”
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