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Is the moon a chunk ejected from Earth? Study sheds light on moon formation, origin of water on Earth

A research team from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the moon and water on Earth ...
Science Daily

The moon: A chunk ejected from Earth?

A research team has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the Moon and water on Earth. The prevailing theory was that the Moon was the result of a collision between the early ...
IFLScience

Earth Was Uninhabitable Until Collision That Created The Moon "Ultimately Made Life Possible"

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The University of Chicago Chronicle

Moon may have formed through Earth’s collision with close neighbor, study finds

One bright day on Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, everything changed. A massive object slammed into the young planet. The impact was so large that bits were flung out into space, eventually ...
KTVZ

Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory

(CNN) — For decades, astronomers have tried to determine how Pluto acquired its unusually large moon Charon, which is about half the size of the dwarf planet. Now, new research suggests that Pluto and ...