Is some of the body that collided with Earth to form the moon still recognizable inside our planet?

The earth’s internal layers. NASA. Credit: Goddard Media Studios

Scientists have dated the birth of the solar system to about 4.57 billion years ago. About 60 million years later a “giant impact” collision between the infant Earth and a Mars-sized body called Theia created the moon.

Now, new research suggests that the remains of the large object that collided with the young Earth to form the moon…

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News Source: phys.org


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