Earth’s origins trace back to a turbulent solar system, where particles of dust and gas spiraled around the sun. These ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ... After the moon-forming collision, Earth was a molten world ...

The moon is thought to have formed about 4.5 billion years ago, likely resulting from a massive collision between Earth ... the gravitational pull of the sun) with "minimoons" being a subset ...