Scientists Say Apollo 17 , Lunar Dust Reveals Moon, Is Much Older Than Previously Thought. 'The Guardian' reports that researchers believe they have found evidence to suggest the Moon is 50 million years older than previously believed.
It’s now thought that our moon began as the giant shard of a Mars-sized object that collided with Earth, and never left our obit,
The Apollo 17 samples indicated that when the object rammed into Earth — and inadvertently formed our moon — thermal, molten energy behind the collision melted the rock, forming what is now the dusty lunar surface. The samples revealed the moon’s minimum age to be 4.46 billion years. Heck emphasized the importance of their findings.
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