It’s one of the most enduring ideas about the formation of our solar system: Earth collided with a Mars-sized object, Theia, and the debris from this cosmic crash eventually became the moon. But a new ...
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Earth and the Mysterious Planet Theia Were Likely Close Neighbors Before the Moon Formed
The moon has been Earth's constant companion for approximately 4.5 billion years, escorting the planet during its myriad journeys around the sun. While its origins are a little hazy - it cannot be ...
Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, may still persist today as odd anomalies in the mantle. When you purchase ...
The story of how the Moon came to be has always carried a touch of mystery. Picture the young Solar System as a restless place where new worlds grew from swirling gas, dust, and rock. In that chaotic ...
New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun. Artist’s impression of the collision between ...
Earth’s deep interior may hold water equal to today’s oceans, challenging long-held views of how the planet became habitable.
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