Asteroid YR4 poses 4% chance of hitting moon in 2032; NASA explores deflection plan

With a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, an asteroid named YR4’s potential collision course is being monitored by NASA.

The Moon Was an Inside Job

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon ...
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Earth and Theia were cosmic neighbors before the Moon-forming collision, study finds

They went through the isotope mixtures in Earth and lunar rocks instead of using highly technical models. They dabbled in ...

The Moon was born when Earth’s sister planet died in a violent collision: Scientists reveal tragic origin

New research suggests Earth's Moon formed from the catastrophic collision of our planet with its "sister" planet, Theia, born nearby. This "sibling" planet theory, supported by iron isotope evidence, ...

The evolutionary history of kissing, moss in space, and the origins of the moon

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.
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A Planet Slammed Into Earth 4.5 Billion Years Ago, Forming the Moon. The Projectile May Have Been Our Neighbor

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

New study suggests everyone was wrong about where the moon came from

If you know any bit of information about how the moon was created, new research indicates that everyone has believed wrong.

An asteroid near Earth could become a temporary moon, then a crash risk

The asteroid, known as 2022 RD2, belongs to a rare class of space rocks called Arjunas. These objects travel around the sun ...
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Earth and Theia smashed to birth the moon, but did they first start out as close neighbors?

"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system.

Theia And Earth - The Cosmic Collision That Birthed The Moon Were Once Neighbours, Finds New Study

The most widely accepted explanation for how the Moon was formed is the giant-impact theory. It states that a Mars-size ...
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New Evidence Points To Where Our Moon’s Parent Planet Came From

Scientists traced the Moon's parent planet Theia to the inner Solar System, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery.