In A Nutshell Inner Solar System origins: By measuring iron isotopes in Moon rocks and meteorites, researchers determined ...
Conventionally, the moon is thought to have formed during one big impact, but a three-impact model might make more sense ...
Scientists have proposed a shocking new theory for the origin of the moon, and their calculations suggest Earth once had a secret world hiding right next door. Astronomers believe that the moon was ...
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 ...
Scientists have proposed a shocking new theory for the origin of the moon, and their calculations suggest Earth once had a secret world hiding right next door. Astronomers believe that the moon was ...
The ability to understand how small bodies such as moons switch from orbiting the Sun to orbiting a planet has long remained one of the outstanding problems of planetary science. A paper published in ...
Our Solar System orbits the galactic center at an estimated 792,000 kilometers per hour, taking 225 million Earth years to ...
An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.
Later in December, the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet will get as close to Earth as it ever will. Here's what to know.