The Moon Formed Some Millions of Years Later Than Previously Estimated – Dual Dove

It seems like the Moon took shape later than scientists estimated – to be more exact, Earth‘s natural satellite is about 85 million years younger than we tend to think.
According to new research conducted by experts at the German Aerospace Center, the Moon once had a giant and fiery magma ocean, and it also formed later than analysts previously thought.
Billions of years ago, a protoplanet the size of Mars crashed into the young Earth, and from the debris and cosmic dust, a new rocky object to…

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