Has the mystery of how the moon formed finally been solved? Scientists find new evidence our lunar satellite was created during a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized planet 4.5 billion years ago
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Not only did the collision create the moon, a new study says, but it also buried relics of Theia deep within Earth's mantle which ultimately went on to help form Hawaii and Iceland.
Has the mystery of how the moon formed finally been solved? Scientists find new evidence our lunar satellite was created during a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized planet 4.5 billion years ago