Jan.'s supermoon collides with a meteor shower tonight
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What happens if the moon collides with Earth?
It's been 150 days since the Moon has been on a collision course, headed right toward Earth. As the Moon gets closer, ocean tides are rising. Our cities are being flooded and destroyed. Volcanoes and earthquakes are erupting all around the world.
Planet that collided with Earth likely from our solar … The Space Space / Nov 25, 2025 / 09:53 AM CST Scientists believe the moon was formed from the debris of a collision between Earth and the planet Theia, which was likely located closer to the sun than Earth is now.
New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun. Artist’s impression of the collision between the early Earth and Theia, with the sun in the far ...
One bright day on Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, everything changed. A massive object slammed into the young planet. The impact was so large that bits were flung out into space, eventually coalescing into the moon that has kept us company ever since.
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What would happen if Uranus collided with Earth
It’s been 30 days since Uranus first appeared in the sky. At first, it looked like our Moon had found itself a stellar partner. But then, we understood something much, much bigger was headed our way.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is about 60 metres long, may hit the Moon in December of the year 2032. Scientists assured that Earth is safe, but lunar debris could affect satellites and missions.
Traces of rare CI-type meteorites were discovered on the Moon by the Chinese robotic mission Chang’e-6, which returned to Earth with about 2 kilograms of lunar rock samples