The accretion of planet Earth

AN Halliday, RM Canup - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Earth's origins are challenging to elucidate, given the lack of surviving terrestrial geology
from the first 500 Myr of the Solar System. In this Review, we discuss breakthroughs in …

Understanding planet formation using microgravity experiments

G Wurm, J Teiser - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
In 2018, images were released of a planet being formed around the star PDS 70, offering a
tantalizing glimpse into how planets come into being. However, many questions remain …

Large impacts onto the early Earth: Planetary sterilization and iron delivery

RI Citron, ST Stewart - The Planetary Science Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Late accretion onto the Hadean Earth included large impacts that could have influenced
early habitability, either by sterilizing the planet or alternatively catalyzing the origin of life by …

Impact bombardment chronology of the terrestrial planets from 4.5 Ga to 3.5 Ga

R Brasser, SC Werner, SJ Mojzsis - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Subsequent to the Moon's formation, late accretion to the terrestrial planets strongly modified
the physical and chemical nature of their silicate crusts and mantles. Here, we combine …