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Earth and Theia smashed to birth the moon, but did they first start out as close neighbors?
"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system.
Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of ...
The Origins of Theia, the Cosmic Impactor that Violently Birthed the Moon, Has Finally Been Revealed
New research reveals that Theia, the colossal, Mars-sized impactor that collided with the Earth to birth our Moon, may have ...
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New Evidence Points To Where Our Moon’s Parent Planet Came From
Scientists traced the Moon's parent planet Theia to the inner Solar System, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery.
Isotopic fingerprints in lunar, terrestrial, and meteorite samples show Theia formed in the inner Solar System, likely near ...
In the current issue of the journal Science, researchers determine the possible composition of Theia. The impactor’s ...
New research shows that Theia, the planet that collided with Earth and formed the Moon, was a rocky world born closer to the ...
About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed everything—reshaping Earth, forming the Moon, and scattering clues across ...
Jupiter’s early growth carved rings in the solar system, delayed meteorite formation, and kept planets like Earth in stable ...
The Earth’s inner core, a solid sphere predominantly composed of iron and nickel, occupies a central role in our planet’s evolution and geodynamo processes. Although hidden beneath thousands of ...
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