A new study has determined with 99.9% accuracy that the Moon was formed 95 million years after the birth of the Solar System. This pegs the Moon as being a lot younger than we previously thought — and, perhaps more importantly, that our fair Earth’s development was rather tardy, taking took a lot longer to form than we previously thought. The study also confirms that the Moon was created when a Mars-sized planet (often called Theia) collided with Earth some 4.5 billion years ago, ejecting a massive amount of debris that quickly coalesced into our planet’s only natural satellite. As always with new data like this, it actually poses more questions than it answers — but that’s why we love science so much, right?
The study confirms that the Moon was created when a Mars-sized planet (often called Theia) collided with Earth some 4.5 billion years ago, ejecting a massive amount of debris that quickly coalesced into our planet’s only natural satellite.
