Meteorites Help Date the Violent Birth of Earth's Moon

Friday, April 17, 2015 - 13:00 in Astronomy & Space

The cataclysmic collision between Earth and a Mars-size object that forged the moon occurred about 4.47 billion years ago, a study of meteorites with ancient fragments from that cosmic impact reveal.

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