Simulations Support Giant-Impactor Theory For The Moon’s Formation

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Israeli and French researchers have addressed a longstanding mystery over the origins of the Earth’s Moon with a series of simulations intended to address why the closely spaced planetary bodies have such similar chemical compositions. Convention suggests the Moon formed in the late planet...

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