The researchers postulate that the massive collision of Theia and Earth could explain the existence of enormous 'Low Velocity ...

A detailed simulation of Theia crashing into Earth. While the collision was violent, it was not energetic enough to melt the Earth's lower mantle -- meaning that remnants of Theia could be ...

About 4.45 billion years ago, 150 million years after the solar system formed, Earth was hit by a Mars-size object called Theia. The collision created the moon, but debate has raged exactly what ...

Possibly, gravitational pushes and pulls from other planets nearby put Theia on a collision course with Earth. Initially, astronomers believed the Moon had formed by some other means. Some thought ...

These structures are theorized to contain remnants of Theia's materials, offering valuable insights into the ancient collision. The presence of large low-velocity provinces in Earth's mantle ...

New research explores if the moon was captured by Earth or formed by a collision. Scientists weigh theories, analyzing lunar ...

Researchers at Penn State University suggest that Earth’s only satellite may have come from a “binary-exchange capture” ...

a colossal collision, termed the "giant impact," unfolded between the fledgling Earth, known as Gaia, and a proto-planet the size of Mars named Theia. This catastrophic encounter between Gaia and ...

A new study suggests Earth’s Moon may have been “captured” from a binary system, challenging the long-held impact theory and ...

there were proto-Earth and Theia (a roughly Mars-sized planet). The giant-impact model suggests that at some point in Earth's very early history, these two bodies collided. During this massive ...