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Why We Think Theia Existed


giant-impact hypothesis posits that billions of years ago a Mars-sized body named Theia collided with the early Earth. The immense energy from this impact not only significantly altered Earth's rotational dynamics but also resulted in debris being ejected into space.

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How the Moon's mantle may have formed after the proto-planet Theia smashed into Earth