Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist’s impression of the planet Theia colliding with ancient Earth to create the moon. (MPS/Mark A. Garlick) Roughly four and a ...
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About 4.5 billion years ago, the most momentous event in the history of our planet occurred: a huge celestial body called Theia collided with the young Earth. How the collision unfolded and what ...
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Earth and Theia smashed to birth the moon, but did they first start out as close neighbors?
Over 4.5 billion years ago, a giant body smashed into Earth in a cosmic collision that birthed our planet's loyal companion, the moon. Now, new research indicates that this body, named Theia, may have ...
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