The story of creation, whether of worlds or moons, has long fascinated humanity. For decades, most scientists agreed that the Moon was born from a violent collision between Earth and a Mars-sized body ...

A research team has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the Moon and water on Earth. The prevailing theory was that the Moon was the result of a collision between the early ...

The Moon formed a little later than previously assumed. When a Mars-sized protoplanet was destroyed in a collision with the young Earth, a new body was created from the debris ejected during this ...