How did the Moon get there?

Guest Speaker

Thursday, 2nd October 2025 (19:45 - 22:00)

Venue: Hybrid

Scientists have used the most detailed supercomputer simulations yet to reveal an alternative explanation for the moon’s origin.

Tech & Science Daily spoke to the study co-author Dr Vince Eke, associate professor at Durham University’s Institute for Computational Cosmology.

Dr Vince Eke explains their research with Nasa and how a giant impact could have formed a moon-like body more rapidly, placing it into orbit around the Earth.

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Speaker: Dr Vincent Eke

I am a reader in the Department of Physics at Durham University and a member of the Institute for Computational Cosmology.

My research interests include the Moon, Mercury, Mars, galaxies, galaxy clusters and dark matter.