"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

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

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Scientists continue to explore the deep story of how Earth and the moon formed. One idea has gained attention because it pushes us to imagine the planet in its earliest and wildest ...

An artistic rendering of a dust and gas disk encircling the young exoplanet, CT Cha b, 625 light-years from Earth.

Why does the same side of the Moon always face Earth? I know this is called tidal locking, but what is the underlying ...

Whether it’s under the stars on the Main Green, from smudged dorm windows or through open sunroofs, we see the moon nearly every night. But a new study by Brown researchers suggests that we know less ...

The story of how the Moon came to be has always carried a touch of mystery. Picture the young Solar System as a restless place where new worlds grew from swirling gas, dust, and rock. In that chaotic ...

A recent groundbreaking discovery by China’s Chang’e-6 mission has unveiled a surprising find on the far side of the Moon, ...

An eye-catching pattern on the surface of Europa, an ice-covered moon, may have profound implications for our understanding ...

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Particles that escaped Earth’s atmosphere accumulated on the lunar surface over billions of years. Here’s what you’ll learn ...