We don’t know the exact details, but the Giant Impact Hypothesis is the most widely accepted explanation for how our moon formed.

The debris from this impact collected in an orbit around Earth to form the Moon. Lunar meteorite Dar al Gani 400. In 1998, this specimen was found in the Sahara Desert, in Libya. Moon rocks from the ...

Over time, tidal interactions caused the Moon to drift away to its present position. Initially, the Moon's surface was largely molten, gradually cooling to form its crust, mantle, and core.

Evidence suggests the Moon formed when a giant object collided with the proto-Earth several billion years ago. Skip to content Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com Forum!

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." A widely accepted explanation for how the moon formed is the Giant Impact Hypothesis. Lunar research ...

How Did the Moon Form? We May Need a New Theory. There may be much more water on the moon than we thought. And that could change everything. By Megan Garber. February 19, 2013. Share. Save.

The moon could have formed immediately after a cataclysmic impact that tore off a chunk of Earth and hurled it into space, a new study has suggested. Since the mid-1970s, ...

How DID the moon form? Mystery deepens as two studies provide totally different theories for how Earth’s satellite was born. The moon formed when a Mars-sized body called Theia hit it early on; ...

How Did Moon Form? Violent Cosmic Crash Theory Gets a Boost. New studies support the theory that the moon was formed from debris left from a collision between the newborn Earth and a Mars-size rock.

There may be much more water on the moon than we thought. And that could change everything. The Genesis Rock, a sample of the moon gathered by Apollo 15 astronauts James Irwin and David Scott in ...