Gigantic asteroid impact shifted the axis of Solar System’s biggest moon

Gigantic asteroid impact shifted the axis of Solar System’s biggest moon

Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a Kobe University researcher realized that the Solar System’s biggest moon’s axis has shifted as a result of the impact, which confirmed that the asteroid was around 20 times larger than the one that ended the age of the dinosaurs on Earth, … Read more