A new simulation reveals an alternative explanation for the moon’s formation. The moon is thought to have formed following a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object, called Theia.

Now, a stunning new simulation by researchers at Durham University opens up a strikingly different theory: the Moon may have formed in a much shorter time period — a matter of hours, not months ...

Planetary scientists need to find an impact simulation that can not only match the moon’s chemistry, but also how far it was from the Earth and how fast it was initially spinning. Although scientists ...

The moon is thought to have formed in a collision between the early ... A cross section of a 3D simulation (Sergio Ruiz-Bonilla) The simulation where no spin was added to Theia produced a self ...

Watch the moon phases and libration for 2023 in this time-lapsed animation that is set at hourly intervals. [What is the moon phase today?](https://www.space.com ...

The calculations were performed using the SWIFT open-source simulation code ... According to the researchers, if much of the moon formed immediately after a giant impact, this could also mean ...

A new paper posits the conventional great impact hypothesis isn't quite right, and argues for an entirely new theory of Earth-moon formation. Let's back up a moment and start with an uncontestable ...

A team of researchers from Northwestern University have created a high-resolution 3D simulation of the moment a star is formed. The gorgeous animation is the most realistic of its kind to date ...

A new simulation ... Comet Impacts Formed Continents When Solar System ... from Earth's upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water and ice ...

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