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

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

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 ...

According to a new study from Japan’s Kobe University, this impact was so powerful that it shifted the moon's axis.

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 ...

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 ...

Moureen Atieno Omolo has been unable to sleep after hearing about the deadly attack on Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, ...

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 ...

The thought of an asteroid impact is scary enough, let alone witnessing one. One such impact killed the dinosaurs 65 million ...

The asteroid that collided with Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, was 20 times larger than the one that caused the extinction of dinosaurs on Earth. The catastrophic event occurred about 4 ...

This indicates it formed beyond Jupiter's orbit, in a region where asteroids contain ... The implications of this discovery extend beyond dinosaur history. According to Mario Fischer-Gödde, a ...