‘Forget everything you knew’: Scientists reveal the Moon may have been ‘captured, not created’
A new study suggests Earth’s Moon may have been “captured” from a binary system, challenging the long-held impact theory and ...
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Rethinking the Moon: Binary system theory challenges old beliefs
Scientists from Pennsylvania State University have presented a new theory regarding the origin of the Moon. Their findings ...
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Pennsylvania State scientists propose Moon's surprising binary origins
New theory on the origin of the Moon An analogy to Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, supports the binary exchange theory ...
Uranus, the ice giant, may have been misunderstood for nearly 40 years
A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...
A mission to Triton and Neptune could unlock their mysteries
A town in the Austrian Alps might not seem like the most conducive place to come up with daring space missions. But, for the ...
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Scientists Propose Radical New Theory on Moon’s Origins
Researchers at Penn State University suggest that Earth’s only satellite may have come from a “binary-exchange capture” ...
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Scientists propose a shocking new theory for the origin of the moon - and claim the popular 'collision theory' is WRONG
It also provides a reason why the moon is chemically similar to, but not identical to Earth. In support of this idea, ...
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Scientists propose shocking new theory for origin of the Moon
For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...
The Blue Marvel: NASA’s Voyager 2 captured this image of Neptune in the summer of 1989 as it became the first spacecraft to fly by the planet. Neptune's blue color comes from ...
Located around 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is not visible to the naked eye. The planet's blue color comes from methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red wavelengths of light.
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The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made About Neptune
Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...
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10 most stunning moons of our solar system
(Pic courtesy: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) Neptune has 16 known moons, of which Triton is the largest. Interestingly it is the only large moon in our solar system with a retrograde orbit ...