Here’s how it works. The formation of the moon has long remained a mystery, but new studies support the theory that the moon was formed from debris left from a collision between the newborn ...

Back in the 80s, experts thought the moon was a result of an explosive collision with the protoplanet ... to Earth and this ...

The colliding particles must have enough energy for the collision to be successful or effective in producing a reaction. The minimum amount of energy for a collision to be successful is called the ...

In this case, it would have been a massive collision early in our solar system's history. According to the new theory, the moon formed within a few dozen years after the crash, as the synestia ...

A new study published in the journal Science Advances supports this collision theory of Moon-forming impact. The impact is said to be so high-energy that it resulted to the almost complete mixing ...

Researchers have published a new "collision chain" model for the Great Impact hypothesis of our rocky inner planets' formation, and it challenges our narrative of how Venus, Earth and the Moon ...

The formation of the moon has long remained a mystery, but new studies support the theory that the moon was formed from debris left from a collision between the newborn Earth and a Mars-size rock ...

The massive collision released a powerful jet of gamma-rays across the universe. The flash, which lasted for only two-tenths of a second, was picked up by NASA’s Swift satellite and sent ...

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