Scientists Propose a New Kind of Planet: A Smashed Up Torus of Hot Vaporized Rock

Under the right conditions, two colliding rocky bodies might form a temporary structure called a 'synestia'. This rotating mass of partially vaporized rock would might only last a hundred years or so. The post Scientists Propose a New Kind of Planet: A Smashed Up Torus of Hot Vaporized Rock appeared first on Universe Today.