Field Museum: Crystals Brought Back by Astronauts Show That the Moon is 40 Million Years Older Than Scientists Thought
October 24, 2023
October 24, 2023
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The Field Museum issued the following news release:
More than 4 billion years ago, when the Solar System was still young and the Earth was still growing, a giant object the size of Mars crashed into the Earth. The biggest piece that broke off of the early Earth formed our Moon. But precisely when this happened has remained a mystery. In a new study in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters, researchers used crystals brought back from the . . .
More than 4 billion years ago, when the Solar System was still young and the Earth was still growing, a giant object the size of Mars crashed into the Earth. The biggest piece that broke off of the early Earth formed our Moon. But precisely when this happened has remained a mystery. In a new study in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters, researchers used crystals brought back from the . . .