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 ...

The story of creation, whether of worlds or moons, has long fascinated humanity. For decades, most scientists agreed that the Moon was born from a violent collision between Earth and a Mars-sized body ...

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

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation 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.

How did the Moon form? Was it from a collision, as has been the longstanding theory, or could it have been captured by the Earth early in our planet’s formation? This is what a recent study published ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Earth's moon is thought to have formed when a Mars-sized object, called Theia, slammed into the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Francis Nimmo, University of California, Santa Cruz (THE CONVERSATION) A physicist, a ...

A physicist, a chemist, and a mathematician walk into a bar. It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but in my case, it was the start of an idea that could reshape how scientists think about the ...

Did the Moon’s geological activity stop billions of years ago after it formed, or has it been active since then? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address ...

The findings suggest that similar moonlets could orbit distant exoplanets and their moons. researchers said. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...