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…
4.5-billion-year-old traces of ‘proto-Earth’ discovered could rewrite our planet’s origin story |
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have uncovered what may be the first physical remnants of…