The origin of the Moon has fascinated scientists for decades. The most widely accepted theory suggests that the Moon formed ...

The accretion hypothesis proposes that the Moon was created along with Earth at its formation. The fission theory suggests Earth had been spinning so fast that some material broke away and began to ...

Several different formation theories for the moon have been proposed by scientists, The story that is best supported by all the available data, however, is that the moon formed during a giant impact ...

Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...

This helps answer some lingering questions about how the moon formed. Our traditional understanding of the moon's formation is violent ... is known as the Giant Impact Model.

Using energy greater than the global nuclear weapons inventory, an impact event carved two grand canyons into the moon’s surface, and the asymmetrical distribution could clear the way for future lunar ...

This not only tells us about the history of the moon, but also about the formation of the Earth, since the impact that birthed the moon was probably also the last major impact on Earth—marking ...

A new simulation reveals an alternative explanation for the moon’s formation. The moon is thought ... supercomputer simulations yet to model impact scenarios of the colliding bodies, with ...

This finding challenges previous moon formation theories and offers a fresh perspective on celestial dynamics. The discovery may lead to updates in school curriculums regarding the formation of ...