The moon formed from a vaporizing collision involving the Earth, study finds
 

The moon formed from a vaporizing collision involving the Earth, study finds
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Scientists have gone back and forth about explanations for the moon's formation for decades, with the general consensus being that it formed during some type of cosmic collision between Earth and a Mars-sized space object about 4.5 billion years ago.*

However, the exact type of impact continues to be hotly debated. Was it a slow, grazing swipe of Earth, or a massive collision that effectively vaporized early planet Earth?

A new study in the journal Nature on Monday lends credence to the idea that the moon was formed from the aftermath of a huge vaporizing collision involving Earth and a**ther large object in space. Read more...

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