"Researchers have found evidence of the world that crashed into the Earth billions of years ago to form the Moon.
Analysis of lunar rock brought back by Apollo astronauts shows traces of the "planet" called Theia.
The researchers claim that their discovery confirms the theory that the Moon was created by just such a cataclysmic collision.
The study has been published in the journal Science."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27688511
Its extraordinary to think that our planet and our natural satellite could have formed from such an event.
You'd think there be nothing but debris, another asteroid belt around the Sun.
Life can still emerge in the universe in the most improbable of places. ^^
Analysis of lunar rock brought back by Apollo astronauts shows traces of the "planet" called Theia.
The researchers claim that their discovery confirms the theory that the Moon was created by just such a cataclysmic collision.
The study has been published in the journal Science."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27688511
Its extraordinary to think that our planet and our natural satellite could have formed from such an event.
You'd think there be nothing but debris, another asteroid belt around the Sun.
Life can still emerge in the universe in the most improbable of places. ^^
