This hasn't always been the case. If we take the current rate of recession and project it backwards, the Moon collides with ...

Long ago, the Moon was much nearer Earth. Scientists believe a protoplanet collision created the Moon 4.5 billion years ago.

New study provides clearer insight into how the Moon formed and why its materials closely resemble those of Earth.

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon. Could such a lunar collision create a dangerous ...

A massive impact may have temporarily strengthened the Moon’s weak magnetic field, producing a short-lived surge that became preserved in certain lunar rocks. For decades, scientists have wrestled ...

Another time, another place A recent discovery from the Spitzer Space Telescope may yield new insight into the origin of our own Moon. Although this discovery was in the news some time ago, the advent ...