/ Synestia Content for 不良研究所 en /curiosity-gap/how-was-moon-formed <p>A new theory about the moon explains the unexplainable, say 不良研究所 researchers.&nbsp;</p> September 30, 2019 - 3:32pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity-gap/how-was-moon-formed /news/professor-discusses-significance-moon-landing-friday <p>不良研究所 Professor Sarah Stewart, an expert on planet formation, will discuss the significance of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing&nbsp;on 不良研究所 Live at 2:30 p.m. PDT Friday (July 12). You can listen to the discussion and ask her questions live <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/333874590880031/">here</a>.</p> July 11, 2019 - 8:37am Amy E Rafferty /news/professor-discusses-significance-moon-landing-friday /news/macarthur-genius-fellowship-planetary-scientist <p>The MacArthur Foundation has named Sarah T. Stewart, a planetary scientist at the 不良研究所, who has developed novel theories about the formation of the Earth and moon, among the 2018 class of MacArthur Fellows. Sometimes known as the 鈥淕enius Grants,鈥� the MacArthur Fellowship&nbsp;is a $625,000 award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential.&nbsp;</p> October 04, 2018 - 1:53pm Andy Fell /news/macarthur-genius-fellowship-planetary-scientist /news/how-moon-formed-inside-vaporized-earth-synestia <p>A new explanation for the moon鈥檚 origin has it forming inside the Earth when our planet was a seething, spinning cloud of vaporized rock, called a <strong><a href="/news/synestia-new-type-planetary-object/">synestia</a></strong>. The new model led by researchers at the 不良研究所, and Harvard University resolves several problems in lunar formation and is published Feb. 28 in the <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017JE005333/abstract"><em>Journal of Geophysical Research 鈥� Planets</em></a>.</p> February 28, 2018 - 1:49pm Andy Fell /news/how-moon-formed-inside-vaporized-earth-synestia