Scientists have long believed that the Moon was formed by a massive object crashing into the Earth. But what was that thing ...

Hakuto-r captures a rare “terrestrial sunrise” during a total eclipse just before crashing into the Moon, revealing the ...

R spacecraft snapped an extraordinary image of Earth, offering a rare and breathtaking view of our planet during a total ...

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

A protoplanet crashed into Earth more than four billion years ago, ejecting the Moon. It is now clear where the protoplanet came from.

Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial ...

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

A rogue rocket booster could collide with the moon in the next few weeks, according to space experts, an event that could leave a crater on the far side of the moon. The SpaceX Falcon rocket stage was ...

Earth and the planetary object that gave rise to the Moon were likely born in the same region of the solar system. Reading time 3 minutes Around 100 million years after the formation of the solar ...

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