Collision may have formed the Moon in mere hours, simulations reveal

ScienceDaily
Oct 4, 2022, 2:49 pm125 pts
Most theories claim the Moon formed out of the debris of a collision between the Earth and an object about the size of Mars, called Theia, coalescing in orbit over months or years. A new simulation puts forth a different theory -- the Moon may have formed immediately, in a matter of hours, when material from…

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