All eight planets form a line in the morning sky in July
On June 8, NASA released information that the James Webb Telescope (JWT) was struck by a micrometeoroid damaging one of its mirrors in late May. Objects in space are constantly at risk of being hit by debris. While the objects have little mass (think dust particles) they are traveling at enormous speeds giving them powerful force according to Newton's second law where force equals mass times acceleration. Publisher: _____ Author: Ken Kopczynski Reference: (Read more) Visit Source How do planets get moons? | The Planetary Society Where did our Moon come from? Nobody knows for sure, but studies of the 382 kilograms (842 pounds) of rock samples brought to Earth by Apollo astronauts point firmly to a fiery origin story . Scientists think a titanic collision took place 4.5 billion years ago when the planets had just formed . A young Mars-sized planet named Theia collided with the newborn Earth. The impact ejected a huge amount of mat...