What Made the Moon? New Ideas Try to Rescue a Troubled Theory

Quanta Science Podcast - A podcast by Quanta Magazine - Wednesdays

Textbooks will tell you the moon formed when a Mars-sized mass smashed into the Earth. But new research has scientists dreaming new ways our silvery sister could have formed. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music by John Deley and the 41 Players.