Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth's basal mantle anomalies

by uolmiron 11/1/2023, 11:53 PMwith 37 comments

by thaumaturgyon 11/2/2023, 12:07 PM

If you haven't seen it yet, the simulation released last year of the hypothesized Earth-Theia moon formation is really cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlhlCWplqk

by louthyon 11/2/2023, 12:54 AM

I was hoping for a 3D visualisation, this [1] to show the LLVP anomalies

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_low-shear-velocity_pro...

by uolmiron 11/1/2023, 11:53 PM

A plain language press release is also available here: https://news.asu.edu/20231101-asu-researchers-discover-earth...

by macintuxon 11/2/2023, 1:57 AM

Two possibly related questions I’d like to have an answer for before I die:

- How much do we owe the moon & Theia for our existence?

- How unusual are we in the universe?

by tanepiperon 11/2/2023, 7:55 AM

It's a shame they called it Theia when 'Kondoor' was right there all along https://www.gurdjieff.org/beelzebub9.htm

by 3seashellson 11/2/2023, 6:36 AM

Somewhere below there is planetary crust parts, circling two merged cores?