A new simulation reveals an alternative explanation for the moon’s formation. The moon is thought to have formed following a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object, called Theia.
Researchers from the University of Arizona used gravity maps and simulations to piece the Moon's history together.
Linking analyses of the moon’s gravity field with models of its earliest evolution, University of Arizona scientists tell a ...
Astronomers are pretty sure they know where the moon came from. In the early solar system, a Mars-sized object dubbed Theia ...
Scientists from the University of Arizona (USA) have discovered that computer simulations combined with data from space ...
University of Arizona scientists combined computer simulations and spacecraft data to solve a long-standing mystery ...
MFM simulation of the canonical Moon-Forming giant impact. Here different colors trace different components of Gaia and Theia. The lower mantle of Gaia, denoted by the dashed circle with a radius ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Linking analyses of the moon's gravity field with models of its earliest evolution, scientists tell a story of the moon turning itself inside out after it solidified from a ...
The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...
ReachBot is inspired by the movement of the Harvestman spider, also known as a daddy-long-legs. The current model boasts a ...
Video-game engines were designed to mimic the mechanics of the real world. They’re now used in movies, architecture, military ...
Linking analyses of the moon's gravity field with models of its earliest evolution, scientists tell a story of the moon turning itself inside out after it solidified from a primordial magma ocean.