After studying the chemical makeup of lunar rocks, scientists say they have found new evidence that disproves one of the leading theories of how the Moon formed. The evidence hinges on the presence of ...

The moon did indeed coalesce out of tiny bits of pulverized planet blasted into space by a catastrophic collision 4.5 billion years ago, two new studies suggest. The new research potentially plugs a ...

London: Solar system is in intriguing space with lots of enigmatic celestial elements hovering in the dark abyss. A large bubble of raveled and unraveled tales, our solar system has interesting facts ...

Among the inner solar system, Earth is the only planet that experiences plate tectonics. A new study, using convection models, shows that Earth’s collision with the protoplanet Theia some 4.5 billion ...

Collision_theory, a part of Link Hall's Artistic Associates program, is a series of improvised performances where musicians and dancers-with little collaborative experience-are paired to create an ...

Earth's moon formed inside a cloud of molten rock, and may have done so before our planet itself formed, a new theory suggests. Scientists call such a cloud a synestia, a doughnut-shaped ring of ...

One of the great mysteries of our Solar System is why Uranus is tilted on its side. Surely, if the solar system formed from the same rotating cloud of dust and gas, then all the bodies within it ...