Webb provides crash course on planet-shattering collisions

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Add as preferred source The types of collisions within young stellar systems known as extreme debris disks are relevant to scientists' understanding of our own solar system, which is thought to have undergone similar impact events that created our Moon and shaped Earth's initial state. Credit: Artwork: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) In the early history of our solar system, scientists theorize that a Mars-sized object called Theia smashed into the infant Earth, vaporizing massive amounts of rock and blasting it into space. Some of that material coalesced into the moon, where NASA's Artemis program is returning humans, preparing for Mars and shaping the future of space exploration.