Computer simulations show that a crash between evenly sized planetoids creates a Pluto and a Charon, plus a debris disk that could have become Pluto's other two satellites. John Matson reports Imagine ...

Scientists have long hypothesized that the moon formed when a massive object—something possibly as large as Mars—slammed into Earth about 4.5 billion years ago. The collision, so the idea goes, would ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

There was a time when self-driving cars taking over the roads was a distant vision. Today, the situation has changed dramatically. Although autonomous vehicles (AVs) took longer than expected to make ...