One problem with the captured-asteroid theory ... may-have-formed-the-moon-in-mere-hours-simulations-reveal/ Robert I. Citron, Hidenori Genda and Shigeru Ida, 'Formation of Phobos and Deimos ...

Ida is the second asteroid visited by a spacecraft, and the first found to have its own moon. The moon was later named Dactyl. Itokawa is part of what remains from a much larger object that was ...

Ida Mamarika and her husband ... their terrestrial relatives more than 100 million years ago. They survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs and squeaked past a marine extinction two ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side. That's good news for scientists and NASA ...

The moon's Schrödinger impact basin near the south pole holds two grand canyons formed by an enormous asteroid collision 3.8 billion years ago. Unlike Earth's, these canyons formed in less than ...

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...

Delve in and read on to know the details! Billions of years ago, an asteroid or comet struck the Moon, creating two huge canyons in just minutes. This discovery has amazed scientists, showing how ...

Now, new calculations by University of Arizona astronomer David Rankin have reportedly found that there is a slim chance of about 0.3 per cent of the 90-metre-wide asteroid crashing onto the Moon.