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The Moon is thought to have been formed after a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object, called Theia. According to Big Splash, or the Theia Impact, the Moon was formed from the ejecta of a collision between the proto-Earth and a Mars-sized planet, approximately 4.5 billion years ago, in the Hadean eon. But now, a simulation of the event created using supercomputer by ....
The findings of noble gases helium and neon in meteorites from the Moon lends further support to the "Giant Impact" theory of the Moon's creation. ....
One of the more commonly accepted theories among space scientists speculating on how the Earth’s moon was formed is that a young planet about the size of Mars – now called Theia collided with our young planet, breaking itself into two pieces with one hurling into space to become our satellite while the rest. Read more » ....