Saturn’s rings and largest moon may have formed after a cosmic collision, astronomers say

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, might have formed after a collision with a lost moon, according to new research.
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Building an elastic collision simulator with springs in Python

Building an elastic collision simulator with springs in Python to model realistic physics interactions and dynamic object collisions. Learn how to implement spring forces, momentum conservation, and ...

Yes, Gravity Made These Space Snowmen. No, It’s Not That Simple

Astronomers had decent guesses about how these peanut-shaped asteroids formed but couldn’t get the physics to work—until now.

Supercomputer simulations reveal rotation drives chemical mixing in red giant stars

Advances in supercomputing have made solving a long‐standing astronomical conundrum possible: How can we explain the changes in the chemical composition at the surface of red giant stars as they ...
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What is the origin of Selam, the moon of asteroid Dinkinesh?

On November 1, 2023, NASA's Lucy spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a ...