Researchers Find Evidence of a Lost Planet, Theia, Deep Within Earth’s Core, Shedding Light on the Moon’s Mysterious Origins

Image credit: Caltech. Article by Tim McMillan. The Debrief – November 2, 2023. Study: Nature.

In a recent study, scientists at the California Institute of Technology say that two massive, iron-rich structures lying close to Earth’s core are the last remains of Theia, a hypothesized ancient planet body whose cataclysmic collision with Earth is believed to have given birth to the Moon. If […]

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