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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.
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Where Did the Moon Come From?

Where did our moon come from? The origin is even stranger than you may imagine. Where did our unique moon come from? It turns out that lunar rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts are a clue, ...

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, ...

We Finally Know the Birthplace of the Mars-Sized Rock That Spawned Our Moon

Earth and the planetary object that gave rise to the Moon were likely born in the same region of the solar system.