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Scientists Find 4.5 Billion Year-old Rocks Dating Back to Earth’s Infancy
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | May 16, 2016 04:15 AM EDT |
The team's identification of primitive mantle material was based on detection of an overabundance of the radioactive element hafnium.
Moon Formed from Earth's Twin Sister Planet Theia After Violent Collision
| Ana Verayo | | Apr 09, 2015 02:26 AM EDT |
Scientists are now investigating how much of Earth's primordial twin was left as remnants on the Moon.
Lunar Rocks Show Evidence that Earth Collided with Planet Theia to Form Moon
| Katie Collom | | Jun 06, 2014 06:22 AM EDT |
New studies of moon rocks from the Apollos missions show that the Earth collided with a Mars-sized planet and debris from both planets formed the moon.
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