Sentence examples for giant impacts from inspiring English sources

That does not mean that life started there, but that is almost certainly where survivors of the giant impacts would have huddled.

On other solar system bodies like the Moon, such giant impacts occurred very early in the history of the solar system, about four billion years ago.

Giant impacts have changed the course of life on Earth, notably 65 million years ago when an object several miles wide slammed off the coast of Mexico and killed off the dinosaurs.

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Another possible scenario is localized mantle heating by giant impacts.

Giant impacts heat the mantle and reduce the CMB heat flux right below the impact site.

"So the prevailing model of the giant impact probably needs to be revisited".

A giant impact on the Red Planet could then have kicked up microbe-laden rocks, which later fell to Earth.

The giant impact theory provides a satisfying explanation for the orbit, size and basic physical characteristics of the Moon.

Chang'E 3's landing site was Mare Imbrium, the remnant of a giant impact crater formed 4 billion years ago.

A third idea is that a giant impact early in Mercury's history knocked off a large fraction of the planet.