This cataclysmic event sent debris into orbit, which eventually coalesced to form the Moon. While this model has substantial support, including evidence from the composition of Earth's mantle and ...

This proposes that the Moon formed during a collision between the Earth and another small planet, about the size of the planet Mars. The debris from this impact collected in an orbit around Earth to ...

Mare Crisium, or the 'Sea of Crises', can be spotted on the night of May 30 as an oval-shaped dark patch on the moon's ...

No one was there to see the Moon form, but let’s side with Einstein and assume that this was a real event that actually happened. Without direct observation, we have to get clever to figure out ...

The crescent Moon forms an extended smiling face as it passes Venus and Saturn before sunrise Friday, April 25. The images shared online look more like the iconic yellow smiley face, created in ...

Always, there was a standout mystery: how did the moon form and find a home orbiting our blue planet? 🌒 You love the cosmos. So do we. Let’s nerd out over it together. Apollo astronauts kick ...

Always, there was a standout mystery: how did the moon form and find a home orbiting our blue planet? 🌒 You love the cosmos. So do we. Let’s nerd out over it together. Apollo astronauts kick-started ...