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The prevailing theory for decades about the Moon’s formation has been the giant impact hypothesis, which suggests that the Moon was formed from debris ejected after a collision between a Mars-sized planet and the early Earth. However, new research suggests an alternative explanation: the Moon may have been captured byContinue Reading
Sometimes, groundbreaking discoveries come from the most unexpected places—like a university desk drawer. That’s exactly what happened with the Lafayette Meteorite, a small piece of Martian rock that has helped researchers piece together a chapter of Mars’ geological history. A Meteorite’s Journey About 11 million years ago, a massive asteroidContinue Reading
The Coma Cluster is like a cosmic city packed with over a thousand galaxies. If you’ve got a backyard telescope, you can actually spot some of them—check out Caldwell 35 for a start! Most of the galaxies in this cluster are elliptical, which isn’t surprising. In dense clusters like this,Continue Reading
