But this new research says that Theia never left Earth and instead, it helped shape up our planet. Scientists studied oxygen isotopes from moon rocks from the Apollo missions and volcanic rocks ...

The giant-impact hypothesis posits that billions of years ago a Mars-sized body named Theia collided with the early Earth.

There's been some new research about an ancient planet - called Theia - that experts think helped form the Earth we know today. Scientists think that Theia crashed into Earth billions of years ago ...

New research suggests that the mysterious spots in the Earth's mantle may be remnants of the ancient planet Theia, which collided with Earth about 4.5 billion years ago. Experts had thought that ...

These structures are theorized to contain remnants of Theia's materials ... will launch us to the stars ‘Snowball Earth’: How volcanoes saved our planet from its deepest freeze in history ...

What does Earth look like to the rest of the galaxy? And how would our current impacts on our planet be perceived?" said Sheikh. "While of course, we cannot know the answer, this work allowed us ...

These blobs were discovered in the 1980s. Now, researchers propose that they are actually the remnants of an ancient planet, Theia, that collided with Earth to form the Moon.

Scientists suggest that Jupiter played a significant role in the chaotic early years of the solar system, potentially contributing to the formation of Earth's ... discover a planet-forming chaos ...

Institute’s Sofia Sheikh analyzed how a “twin Earth” might detect evidence of humanity on our planet, given our own standard of modern technology. Their theoretical study was published ...

Understanding how the Earth and moon formed is important for piecing together the history of the solar system and answering questions like how long planets take to form, what planets are made of, and ...

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We do not know for sure if Theia existed and if it collided with the young proto-Earth, but the evidence is compelling. For one, we are the only rocky planet with a substantial moon. Mercury and ...