The Moon: A Solar System Early Riser?

HOUSTON—New studies using uranium lead dating of eight zircon mineral lunar fragments gathered by NASA’s Apollo 14 astronauts suggest the date for the formation of the Earth’s moon can be narrowed down to the first 60 million years following the birth of the Solar System. The new estimate is based...

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