New study provides clearer insight into how the Moon formed and why its materials closely resemble those of Earth.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A new simulation of how the Moon formed shows that it could have formed in the span of mere ...

Because the Earth is doing the work of increasing the Moon's momentum, the Earth's rotation slows down in turn, as its ...

Billions of years ago, a version of our Earth that looks very different than the one we live on today was hit by an object about the size of Mars, called Theia – and out of that collision the Moon was ...

Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have formed out of a giant collision between the early Earth and another massive object 4.5 billion years ago. Scientists led by ...

An international research collaboration has used advanced computer simulations to investigate how faint radio signals from ...

Tides come from a difference in gravity across an object. The force of gravity exerted by the Moon is about 4% stronger on the side of Earth that faces toward the Moon, compared to the opposite side ...

Today, Earth’s moon is uninhabitable and does not contain a trace of life. It does not have much of an atmosphere, a drop of ...

Cast your mind back to when Earth was a baby. The solar system was a brutal nursery. Giant fragments of rock whirled chaotically around a fiery young sun, regularly bombarding infant planets. Earth ...

A new supercomputer simulation shows the moon's possible origin. Space experts have been studying samples from the Earth's natural satellite for the past few years. A Super Blood Wolf Moon is seen ...

A computer simulation that traces the moon’s formation in high resolution may explain the mystery of why it is so chemically similar to Earth. The conventional story for the moon’s origin is that a ...

Most theories claim the Moon formed out of the debris of a collision between the Earth and an object about the size of Mars, called Theia, coalescing in orbit over months or years. A new simulation ...