Theia, the world that helped form the Moon, came from the Solar System. Chemical clues in Earth and Moon rocks reveal this ...
Scientists traced the Moon's parent planet Theia to the inner Solar System, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery.
New modeling of the early solar system is reshaping the familiar story of how the Moon formed, suggesting that Earth and the ...
Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...
Earth has quietly picked up a new traveling companion, a tiny captured object that astronomers say will loop around our ...
China search for Earth 2.0 leads a bold 2026–2030 space plan to probe the early universe, our Sun, and Earth-like exoplanets.
These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...