Atoms found deep inside our planet argue that parts of “proto-Earth,” the early version of our planet, still survive inside ...

Scientists believe the moon was formed from the debris of a collision between Earth and the planet Theia, which was likely ...

Scientists believe the moon was formed from the debris of a collision between Earth and the planet Theia, which was likely located closer to the sun than Earth is now.

One fateful day about 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized body called Theia collided with proto-Earth, turning both into a ...

FOUR runners are setting the pace in this year’s ‘East Cornwall Primary Schools Cross Country Series’. The Bishop Cornish trio of Millie O’Brien, Theia Jones and Jacob Sweeney, along with Antony’s ...

According to the leading theory of how the Earth-Moon system formed (the Giant Impact Hypothesis), a Mars-sized object (named ...

A cosmic collision between the ancient planet Theia and Earth billions of years ago gave birth to the Moon. Scientists have ...

Theia, the world that helped form the Moon, came from the Solar System. Chemical clues in Earth and Moon rocks reveal this ...

This collision was responsible for more than just creating the moon — it also affected the shape, mass and composition of the Earth. However, new research from the journal Scien ...

Scientists traced the Moon's parent planet Theia to the inner Solar System, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery.

New modeling of the early solar system is reshaping the familiar story of how the Moon formed, suggesting that Earth and the ...

According to researchers, the composition of a planet or celestial body holds the entire story of its formation and origin.