Astronomers witness ‘dramatic’ collision of two planets — and they think it’s a replay of how our moon was created

When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and ...
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Lost Planet Theia that Created the Moon Came From the Inner Solar System

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist’s impression of the planet Theia colliding with ancient Earth to create the moon. (MPS/Mark A. Garlick) Roughly four and a ...
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Scientists discover more moons orbiting Jupiter, Saturn

Most people do not understand that the solar system contains more objects than they typically anticipate. Scientists have ...
SETI Institute

The Titan Impact: Saturn’s Moon System May Have Had a Catastrophic Past

Tidal migration – gradual outward movement of a moon due to gravitational interactions with its parent planet Axial ...

Moon and Jupiter conjunction this week. Here's how to see from Florida

Here's what to know about the Jupiter and moon conjunction this week, how and when to see it from Florida and when the next ...

Humans Probably Weren't the First Life Forms to Land on the Moon

Earth has been around for 4.543 billion years. At numerous times during that long history, our planet has shared itself with ...
Scientific American

There might be less water on the moon than we’d hoped

Analyzing images of the moon’s darkest areas from ShadowCam, a NASA instrument on the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, the ...

Moon Rocks Challenge Long-Held Theory About the Origin of Earth’s Water

Oxygen isotope analysis of lunar soil shows meteorites delivered only a limited amount of water to the Earth–Moon system ...