Sentences with phrase «intense bombardment»

«The Earth was assembled from a lot of heterogeneous material from the solar system,» Valley explains, noting that the early Earth experienced intense bombardment by meteors, including a collision with a Mars - sized object about 4.5 billion years ago «that formed our moon, and melted and homogenized the Earth.

This was a time of intense bombardment for the planets as they scooped up matter and debris left around from the nebula that formed them.

As far as habitability goes, the researchers themselves point out another problem: due to the massive debris disk surrounding tau Ceti, the outer two planets are likely subject to intense bombardment via comets and asteroids, which would pose obvious issues for life.

Dozens of people had been killed under intense bombardment the day before poison gas was allegedly deployed, but there was a difference, Alloush said.

Professor Kamber added: «The intense bombardment of the early Earth had destructive effects on the planet's surface but it may also have brought up material from the planet's interior, which shaped the overall structure of the planet.»

If Pluto and Charon are frozen relics, their surfaces may preserve records of this intense bombardment, too.

After the intense bombardment period, lava flowed across the surface and covered the older crust.

«The intense bombardment of the early Earth had destructive effects on the planet's surface but it may also have brought up material from the planet's interior, which shaped the overall structure of the planet,» Kamber added.

From Barnes and Noble: «With an intense bombardment of continuous attacks by the Black Moon, the Scouts are pushed to the edge with little chance of survival.

The brave civilians did not leave Ypres until the intense bombardments during the Second Battle of Ypres (April - May 1915).

Even with the windows closed, their sleep is disturbed and they must endure noise comparable to an intense bombardment.