The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of ...

Scientists traced the Moon's parent planet Theia to the inner Solar System, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery.

Theia, the world that helped form the Moon, came from the Solar System. Chemical clues in Earth and Moon rocks reveal this ...

Abu Dhabi’s cultural vision enters new phase with two landmark museum openings ...

A collision between Earth and a massive Mars-sized protoplanet likely caused the formation of our moon. Now scientists from ...

Several small worlds beyond Jupiter are not just frozen rubble. Beneath their shining skins, many hide oceans of liquid water ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed everything—reshaping Earth, forming the Moon, and scattering clues across ...

Simulations show that subsurface oceans on small moons may hit boiling conditions, potentially creating features like Miranda’s distinctive ridges.

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

Enjoy a post-dinner stargazing session as the first-quarter moon, Saturn and the season's brightest stars light up the ...

The object that created the Moon by colliding with the Earth might also have been its neighbour, researchers suggest ...