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Birth of the Moon: a Runaway Nuclear Reaction?
An anonymous reader writes "How the Moon arose has long stumped scientists. Now Dutch geophysicists argue that it was created not by a massive collision 4.5 billion years ago, but by a runaway nuclear reaction deep inside the young Earth."
the moon is made of cheese
clearly, the young earth was lactose intolerant, and ejected it for that reason
the problem is all infants can digest lactose, and lose the lactase enzyme ability later in life if they don't have the right genes
but all theories have holes in them
like swiss cheese!
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Check. Dutch Scientists, Check. Thought that the moon was caused by a Cosmic Dutch Oven, Priceless.
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So Earth basically got a bad case of gas, had an accident and now has its own turd in orbit.
I thought that a number of scientists had run simulations explaining the earth/moon systems creation via a collision. I even saw it on TV on a special narrated by Tony Robbins, so it MUST be true!
The Moon is a secret Italian conspiracy to spy on, undermine, infiltrate, and subvert America. That's why it is always in OUR sky -- ever wondered about that? How come Mexicans and Chinese don't get the Moon? Because they are in league with the nefarious Italians against our Great Fatherland.
We all know that if there were a nuclear catastrophe of this magnitude, then the whole planet would be hurled through space at such speed that each week we would encounter a new alien race, group of outcasts, or supernatural being. Seeing as the earth is still in its stable orbit around the sun, we can conclude that this must not have happened.
It was caused by aliens driving 737's and dropping nukes into volcanoes.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
...but not completely. The nuclear waste that caused the moon to be torn away were stored HERE! A cautionary tale?
If the moon were real, it would have been created by God. Clearly a large ball of rock is the sign of an intelligent Creator, if it were there.
The article is slashdotted but it is possible that when this happened there was no solid surface yet to leave traces of this.
No, I think the article was slashdotted today.
The server in flames may leave traces on the floor and walls of the server room, but we'll have to wait for a "Best Way For Bright Child To Clean Server Room?" post to Ask Slashdot to confirm.
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
version 0.9 ?
Oh, wait... it is. Nevermind.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
People like you are what makes arseholes like Bevets cry at night and hold themselves...you with your "science" and "evidence." Bah! A pox on you!
=Smidge=
Is it just my observation, or is eldavojohn an idiot?
It's the mother of all core dumps!
So, as soon Yucca Mountain gets tanked up, the Earth might get another moon?
That would be cool!
Less so, if you live in what used to be Nevada.
Ah, the joys of Space 1999 Physics! Truly worthy of an Ig Nobel!
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
"I believe the mathematical term for its shape is a 'prolate sphereoid.'
Oblate spheroid."
Just to descend completely into pedantry: "Geoid". Which is a total cop out of a term, but you're allowed to cop out and make up new terms if your name is Gauss.
A Spherical estimation is good enough for most purposes. Elipsoid or oblate spheroid estimations are better, but as soon as you're looking at scales where they're better, you note that the flattening of the earth is not symetrical; the South pole is significantly flatter than the North (because Antarctica is heavy.)
It appears we were STANDING on the weapon of mass destruction all along!
IANAG
"Ray, when someone asks you if you're a God, you say "YES"!"
Get back to Fark!
So when the server melted down from the Slashdot effect, was there a runaway reaction that caused a smaller, satellite server to be ejected?
In fact, the UK is the only European country to do it differently (why doesn't that surprise me, the bloody bastards still drive on the wrong side of the road too).
Yeah, well that's why you were occupied by the Germans during WWII and we weren't. It's damn hard to steer a left-hand-drive tank on the wrong side of the road.
;)
Although perhaps the 22 miles of water helped as well
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Well, without the moon we wouldn't have eclipses. And without eclipses, we wouldn't have superpowered superhumans fighting to save the world. By saving a cheerleader.