Museum planetary science researcher Prof Sara Russell explains the origins of Earth's closest companion. 'There used to be a number of theories about how the Moon was made and it was one of the aims ...

We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon formation is another process entirely, and one we're not as ...

Just How Did Mercury Form? New insights into Mercury's formation theories challenge existing beliefs, revealing a denser crust and questioning the giant impact hypothesis.

How did the Earth and moon form? The Earth, like all the other planets in the solar system, started out its life as a disc of dust and gas orbiting the young sun. The dust particles were brought ...

In less than two decades, Earth has tilted 31.5 inches. That shouldn't happen. So why did it?