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The Moon Might Have Formed a Little Later than Originally Believed – Universe Today
A new study indicates that the Moon is actually younger than we thought, and wasn’t finished forming until the Earth’s core was finished too.
According to the Giant Impact Hypothesis, the Moon formed when a Mars-sized object (named Theia) collided with Earth billion years ago, at a time when the Earth was still a ball of magma. This event not only led to the Earth-Moon system we recognize today, it is also beleived to have led to the differentiation of the Earth’s core region into an molten Outer Core and a solid Inner Core.
However, there has been an ongoing debate as to the timing of this impact and how long the subsequent formati…
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