The results of his study suggest that an object as small as 0.6 meters across could potentially nudge the asteroid onto a ...

Scientists call this protoplanet Theia, and its impact fundamentally changed our world. This artist's impression depicts the collision between Earth and Theia, 4.5 billion years ago. Credit: ...

The new study explores the idea that Earth might have harbored additional moons in the wake of the Theia collision. Due to the close proximity between Earth and its newly formed moon, it’s possible ...

New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly ...

The cataclysmic collision was ... relative to Juptier. Earth's polar axis was tilted in a similar way around 4.5 billion years ago when a Mars-size protoplanet, named Theia, smashed into our ...

According to the most common explanation, the Moon formed from the debris after a collision between planet Earth and a Mars-sized planet called Theia. Is space travel still necessary? 3.

The moon has been long theorized to have formed due to a Mars-sized planet named Theia slamming into the early Earth some 4.5 billion years ago, with the remains of the collision eventually coming ...

MORE THAN 400 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. THE POLARIS DAWN CREW FLOATED ... FOR FUTURE USE THAT WILL ALL A person is dead after a crash between an SUV and a commercial vehicle in Dauphin County ...

Around 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized protoplanet referred to as Theia had a very bad day. Its orbit set it on a collision course ... science and everything in between. His work has appeared ...