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We May Have Just Seen A Planet Across The Galaxy Get Its Own Version Of Our MoonArtist's impression of two planets colliding around a young star that could produce a moon not unlike Earth's own.

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We May Have Just Seen A Planet Across The Galaxy Get Its Own Version Of Our MoonArtist's impression of two planets colliding around a young star that could produce a moon not unlike Earth's own.
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We May Have Just Seen A Planet Across The Galaxy Get Its Own Version Of Our Moon

clock-iconMarch 12, 2026
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Theia – The Giant Impactor That Formed The Moon – Assembled Closer To The Sun Than Earth Is Nowa molten planet is colliding with another large world. The sun is in the distance

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Theia – The Giant Impactor That Formed The Moon – Assembled Closer To The Sun Than Earth Is Nowa molten planet is colliding with another large world. The sun is in the distance
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Theia – The Giant Impactor That Formed The Moon – Assembled Closer To The Sun Than Earth Is Now

clock-iconNovember 20, 2025
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What Happened To The Planet That Earth "Ate"?screenshot of a simulation showing an early earth releasing globs of material followiing an impact. They eventually coalsced into the Moon

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What Happened To The Planet That Earth "Ate"?screenshot of a simulation showing an early earth releasing globs of material followiing an impact. They eventually coalsced into the Moon
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What Happened To The Planet That Earth "Ate"?

clock-iconApril 19, 2025
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Really Cool Facts About The Moon That You May Not KnowMoon facts

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Really Cool Facts About The Moon That You May Not KnowMoon facts
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Really Cool Facts About The Moon That You May Not Know

clock-iconDecember 29, 2023
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Mars' Two Tiny Moons Were Likely Caused By An Asteroid Slamming Into The Red Planetarticle image

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Mars' Two Tiny Moons Were Likely Caused By An Asteroid Slamming Into The Red Planetarticle image
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Mars' Two Tiny Moons Were Likely Caused By An Asteroid Slamming Into The Red Planet

clock-iconApril 20, 2018

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Nuclear Glass Helps Test How The Moon Formedarticle image

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Nuclear Glass Helps Test How The Moon Formedarticle image
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Nuclear Glass Helps Test How The Moon Formed

clock-iconFebruary 8, 2017

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Samples From Apollo 14 Suggest The Moon Is Almost As Old As The Solar Systemarticle image

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Samples From Apollo 14 Suggest The Moon Is Almost As Old As The Solar Systemarticle image
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Samples From Apollo 14 Suggest The Moon Is Almost As Old As The Solar System

clock-iconJanuary 11, 2017

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New Theory That Many Collisions, Not One, Formed The Moonarticle image

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New Theory That Many Collisions, Not One, Formed The Moonarticle image
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New Theory That Many Collisions, Not One, Formed The Moon

clock-iconJanuary 9, 2017

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How The Moon Got Its Tilt Explained By New Modelarticle image

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How The Moon Got Its Tilt Explained By New Modelarticle image
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How The Moon Got Its Tilt Explained By New Model

clock-iconNovember 1, 2016

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Earth Was Mostly Vaporized By The Collision That Formed The Moon, Claims New Studyarticle image

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Earth Was Mostly Vaporized By The Collision That Formed The Moon, Claims New Studyarticle image
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Earth Was Mostly Vaporized By The Collision That Formed The Moon, Claims New Study

clock-iconSeptember 12, 2016

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The Moon's Formation Was Even More Dramatic Than Thoughtarticle image

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The Moon's Formation Was Even More Dramatic Than Thoughtarticle image
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The Moon's Formation Was Even More Dramatic Than Thought

clock-iconJanuary 29, 2016