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Birth of the Moon: a Runaway Nuclear Reaction?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that's-not-no-moon dept.

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."

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  1. Runaway Nuclear Reaction... by bytethese · · Score: 5, Funny

    Check. Dutch Scientists, Check. Thought that the moon was caused by a Cosmic Dutch Oven, Priceless.

  2. Sanitation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So Earth basically got a bad case of gas, had an accident and now has its own turd in orbit.

  3. Re:Or maybe by xpuppykickerx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually they used DC-8. The 737 didn't come out til like 10 million years later!

  4. Re:Wouldn't there be an empty space? by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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