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Earth and the Mysterious Planet Theia Were Likely Close Neighbors Before the Moon Formed
Discover how scientists have used iron isotopes to determine the likely origin of the Mars-sized planet named Theia.
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A Planet Slammed Into Earth 4.5 Billion Years Ago, Forming the Moon. The Projectile May Have Been Our Neighbor
Around 4.5 billion years ago, a planet called Theia is thought to have smashed into newborn Earth. The messy collision kicked ...
A collision between Earth and a massive Mars-sized protoplanet likely caused the formation of our moon. Now scientists from ...
The James Webb space telescope has captured data that could help us better understand how Earth formed billions of years ago. According to the new data, James Webb has detected water vapor in ...
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Scientists reveal Theia’s origins before it struck early Earth and formed the Moon
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 ...
New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon ...
Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.
Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside ...
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Mysterious lava puddles in Earth's mantle may hold clues about the origin of life: 'These are not random oddities'
Two mysterious blobs deep inside Earth may hold clues about the origin of life on our planet, new research finds. Deep ...
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