A new simulation reveals an alternative explanation for the moon’s formation. The moon is thought to have formed following a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object, called Theia.
MFM simulation of the canonical Moon-Forming giant impact. Here different colors trace different components of Gaia and Theia. The lower mantle of Gaia, denoted by the dashed circle with a radius ...
An animation by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines of its 2022 spacecraft landing on the moon has been shared on social media by people who say the video is proof that the landing was faked.
Many asteroids and comets are relatively pristine since their formation, ... Moon is a more likely source for Kamo’oalewa," ...
The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...
Feb. 29, 2024 — An increasing number of seismologists are using fiber optic cables to detect seismic waves on Earth -- but how would this technology fare on the Moon, and what would it tell us ...
In an upcoming mission, NASA will be deploying sounding rockets to explore the effects of a solar eclipse on the Earth’s ...
After Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the Moon, he said, “It’s almost like a powder”, as he described the lunar regolith, and astronauts on future Apollo missions found working on the lunar ...
Sometimes planetary physics is like being in a snowball fight. Most people, if handed an already-formed snowball, can use ...
United Launch Alliance will launch the final Delta IV rocket Thursday with the NROL-70 mission for the National ...
The CADRE rovers, destined for the next Intuitive Machines mission to the moon, are able to work together thanks to ...
The CADRE rovers will head for Reiner Gamma, a magnetic swirl that is one of the most mysterious places on the moon. A trio of team-working lunar rovers have been put through their paces at the ...