When it comes to the origin of our planet’s moon, the giant-impact theory is the most widely accepted premise. According to the theory, a massive planet-sized body slammed into the young Earth around ...
It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...
Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Scientists continue to explore the deep story of how Earth and the moon formed. One idea has gained attention because it pushes us to imagine the planet in its earliest and wildest ...
Earth’s atmosphere is slowly leaking into space, and new research shows some of it reaches the Moon, where it may be ...
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 ...