Fragments Of The Planet That Formed The Moon May Be Buried By The Earth’s Core – IFLScience

The Moon is believed to have formed in a gigantic impact when a Mars-sized planet collided with the primordial Earth. This object is nicknamed Theia, after the Titaness and goddess of precious metals and gems, and mother of the Selene (the Moon) in Greek mythology. New research now suggests that Theia is not completely gone huge chunks of it might still exist inside our planet.
Around the Earths core, scientists believe that there are two large structures called low-shear velocity provinces (LLSVPs)….

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