The giant-impact hypothesis, sometimes called the Big Splash, or the Theia Impact, is an astrogeology hypothesis for the formation of the Moon first proposed...

ancient planet in the early Solar System which, according to the giant-impact hypothesis, collided with the early Earth around 4.5 billion years ago, with...

satellite, the Moon, but there are a number of variations on this giant-impact hypothesis, as well as alternative explanations, and research continues into...

early-stage process for the formation of the Earth and Moon within the giant-impact hypothesis. In that model, a synestia formed following a collision with an...

name Theia, is thought by proponents of the giant-impact hypothesis to be the origin of the Moon. The hypothesis states that the Moon formed after Earth and...

missions in the mid-twentieth century. Following Apollo, in 1984, the giant impact hypothesis was composed, replacing the already-disproven binary accretion...

the gravitational pull of the parent star and according to the giant-impact hypothesis are gravitationally stable only under particular circumstances...

The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) proposes that the onset of the Younger Dryas (YD) cool period (stadial) at the end of the Last Glacial Period...

1935 British comedy film Big Splash, an alternate name for the giant impact hypothesis for the formation of the Moon Jo Brand's Big Splash, a British...

comprehensive reference on impact crater science Giant-impact hypothesis Deniliquin multiple-ring feature; suggested to be an impact structure, which would...