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The moon may have formed in just 5 hours, new simulations suggest

The moon may have formed in just 5 hours, new simulations suggestWorldPing

Novel simulations, which reassessed the ancient collision between Earth and the protoplanet Theia, suggest that the moon could have emerged from the aftermath of this impact much more quickly than scientists previously thought.

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