The conventional explanation for the moon's formation is that an enormous rock smashed into the nascent Earth and created it as a result. A new theory challenges the particulars of how events may have ...

Whether it’s under the stars on the Main Green, from smudged dorm windows or through open sunroofs, we see the moon nearly every night. But a new study by Brown researchers suggests that we know less ...

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Researchers analyzing lunar samples have found something unexpected: natural few-layer graphene, a form of carbon that could reshape our understanding of the Moon’s formation and geological evolution.

Why did our planet turn out like it did -- a temperate, life-supporting place? Why weren't the volatile elements (sulfur, carbon, and the like) in our planet boiled away into space or locked in the ...