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  2. Origin of the Moon - Wikipedia

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    The Moon's heavily cratered far-side. The origin of the Moon is usually explained by a Mars-sized body striking the Earth, creating a debris ring that eventually collected into a single natural satellite, the Moon, but there are a number of variations on this giant-impact hypothesis, as well as alternative explanations, and research continues into how the Moon came to be formed.

  3. Giant-impact hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Artist's depiction of a collision between two planetary bodies. Such an impact between Earth and a Mars-sized object likely formed the Moon.. The giant-impact hypothesis, sometimes called the Theia Impact, is an astrogeology hypothesis for the formation of the Moon first proposed in 1946 by Canadian geologist Reginald Daly.

  4. How Did the Moon Form? - AOL

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    🧪 Where Did the Moon’s Carbon Come From? Recently, scientists at several Japanese universities and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency found a surprise on the moon in the form of carbon ...

  5. Moon - Wikipedia

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    The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Tidal forces between Earth and the Moon have synchronized the Moon's orbital period (lunar month) with its rotation period at 29.5 Earth days, causing the same side of the Moon to always face Earth.

  6. Where did Earth's moon come from? We have Theia to thank - AOL

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    Space roundup: The moon's surface shows it's shrinking, the Summer Solstice is nearing and June begins with Venus behind the sun and four planets. Where did Earth's moon come from? We have Theia ...

  7. Hollow Moon - Wikipedia

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    While Hollow Moon hypotheses usually propose the hollow space as the result of natural processes, the related Spaceship Moon hypothesis [1] [2] holds that the moon is an artifact created by an alien civilization; [1] [2] this belief usually coincides with beliefs in UFOs or ancient astronauts. [2]

  8. Timeline of the evolutionary history of life - Wikipedia

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    According to the giant-impact hypothesis, the Moon originated when Earth and the hypothesized planet Theia collided, sending into orbit myriad moonlets which eventually coalesced into our single Moon. [15] [16] The Moon's gravitational pull stabilised Earth's fluctuating axis of rotation, setting up regular climatic conditions favoring ...

  9. Did we really land on the moon? The big questions and eye ...

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    Moon landing deniers say there's clear photographic evidence of this, and point out that because there's no breeze on the moon, this must be fake. Apollo 11astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon ...