Moon-Forming Protoplanet Theia Originated from Inner Solar System, New Research Suggests
The Moon formed from a giant impact of the proto-Earth with the ancient protoplanet Theia. In a new…
Scientists Discover Remnants of Cataclysmically Destroyed Planet That Became Earth
Before Earth, there was “proto Earth,” a primitive hunk of rock that formed four and a half billion…
Geologists discover the first evidence of 4.5-billion-year-old “proto Earth” | MIT News
Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of “proto Earth,” which formed about 4.5 billion…