New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 1 month, 2023–2024.
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A NASA and Durham University supercomputer simulation suggesting the Moon may have formed within hours of a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized body. It is one of the highest-resolution giant-impact simulations run.
HN commenters link it as a cool visualization whenever Theia and Moon formation come up.
“the simulation released last year of the hypothesized Earth-Theia moon formation is really cool”
5 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
If you haven't seen it yet, the simulation released last year of the hypothesized Earth-Theia moon formation is really cool: ▶ this video
in “Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth's basal mantle anomalies” · View on HN
It's not my area, but this video looks interesting and is produced by NASA " New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin " (October 2022) ▶ this video
in “Remnants of Theia, an ancient plant that collided with the Earth” · View on HN
What I want to see is the Theia collision rendered in realistic 3D (and if there was enough gas around for sound to carry, that too!) [link] I guess this is close but not like the Hollywood blockbuster it should be ▶ this video [link]
in “Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean” · View on HN
How does this finding compare with those from this simulated video of the moon forming? "Collision May Have Formed the Moon in Mere Hours, Simulations Reveal" [link] ▶ this video And this, from the moon: "Scientists discover huge, heat-emitting blob on the far side of the moon" (2023) [link] "Remote detection of a lunar granitic batholith at Compton–Belkovich" [from a dormant volcano] (2023) [link]
in “Scientists solve long-standing mystery surrounding the moon's 'lopsided' geology” · View on HN
The simulation gives some insight, the debris was fed back by gravity in a swirl ▶ this video And always a great PBS Space Time on the subject [link]
in “Mars Lost Its Magnetic Field – and Then Its Oceans” · View on HN