Roughly four billion years ago, a cataclysmic event shaped the largest moon in our solar system. This was the time when an ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Around 4 billion years ago, an enormous asteroid that was at least 10 times larger than the ...

Jupiter's moon Ganymede was hit by an asteroid about 4 billion years ago that was so large the moon's axis shifted as a ...

Around 4 billion years ago, an enormous asteroid that was at least 10 times larger than the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs smashed into Jupiter's massive icy moon, Ganymede. The cataclysmic ...

Billions of years ago, a massive asteroid struck Ganymede, the largest moon orbiting Jupiter, shifting it on its axis, new research suggests.

New research from geoscientists published this month in Science claims that the vast rock formed outside Jupiter’s orbit during the early development of our solar system. That moment 66 million ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Jupiter’s moon Ganymede may have shifted on its axis when a massive asteroid smashed into it about 4 ...

A colossal asteroid impact on the Jupiter moon Ganymede not only reshaped its physical landscape but may have also altered ...

New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly ...

New research suggests we should blame Jupiter. The billionaire said the dinosaur "was born in America and is going to stay in America." ...