Theia slammed into Earth, left marks and then formed the Moon, study suggests

Long ago, our solar system lost a planet. The planet, which scientists have since named Theia, found itself barreling uncontrollably toward a young Earth. The resulting impact destroyed Theia, turned Earth molten, and ultimately spun off some of the materials mixed between the two bodies into the Moon, which, by some estimates, formed in asContinue reading “Theia slammed into Earth, left marks and then formed the Moon, study suggests”
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