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 ...
The prevailing theory eventually came to be that a Mars-sized body, nicknamed "Theia," struck the proto-Earth. This collision drove material from Earth and Theia into a low orbit, where it coalesced ...
An artist’s impression of the Earth–Theia impact, with the Sun in the background, illustrating the idea that Theia originated close to the Sun. A study led by Professor Nicolas DAUPHAS of the ...
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