03.07.2025

New theory on the formation of Mercury

Université Paris Cité, Brazilian Observatório Nacional and University of Tübingen cooperate to study the closest planet to the sun - new explanation for the formation of Mercury

PD Dr. Christoph Schäfer from the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Tübingen is part of the international team that has formulated a new theory on the formation of Mercury on the basis of computer simulations.

You can find the press release of the University of Tübingen here

The article has been published in Nature Astronomy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02582-y

Contact:

PD Dr. Christoph Schäfer

University of Tübingen

Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Section Computational Physics

+49 7071 29- 76359

ch.schaefer[at]uni-tuebingen.de

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