Theia – The Giant Impactor That Formed The Moon – Assembled Closer To The Sun Than Earth Is Now
Theia – The Giant Impactor That Formed The Moon – Assembled Closer To The Sun Than Earth Is NowTo our best of our understanding, the Moon formed from Earth following a colossal impact. A Mars-sized world we nicknamed Theia slammed and merged with the primordial Earth, throwing material into space. Some fell back onto the planet, while some spread out and formed the Moon. New analysis is...