About 4.5 billion years ago, the most momentous event in the history of Earth occurred: a huge celestial body called Theia ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, the most momentous event in the history of our planet occurred: a huge celestial body called ...

Planetary scientists have recently drawn a connection between the birth of Jupiter and the formation zone of Earth, suggesting a shared origin in the early solar system. This revelation not only ...

"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system.

Did you know that the Moon's mother made sacrifices to give birth to it? Around 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized planetary body named Theia collided with proto-Earth (early Earth) to form the Blue ...

Theia' is a long-vanished world, a planet-sized body thought to have smashed into the early Earth and that helped to form the ...

Jupiter’s early growth carved rings in the solar system, delayed meteorite formation, and kept planets like Earth in stable ...

A new study reveals surprising clues about the beginnings of subduction on Earth. The Hadean Eon, which lasted from 4.6 to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to our moon.

Scientists now believe that our galaxy is filled with solar systems, including up to a billion planets roughly the size of our own. The film employs advanced, data-driven, cinematic-quality ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.