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Moon Younger Than Previously Thought

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-a-day-over-4-billion dept.

TaeKwonDood writes "Analysis of a piece of lunar rock brought back to Earth by the Apollo 16 mission in 1972 has shown that the Moon may be much younger than previously believed. Researchers say that the findings allow for one of two possibilities: the moon is 200 million years younger than previously thought, or the theory that the moon used to be a molten ocean is wrong."

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  1. Or... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    God just made it that way. He's God. He's makes moons however he wants.

    1. Re:Or... by SplashMyBandit · · Score: 4, Funny

      Pink Unicorns don't exist, but the Flying Spaghetti Monster touches us (not the bad touching!) with his noodly appendage: [cite] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

    2. Re:Or... by Arancaytar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, it actually took two attempts to adjust his aim. That's where the dinosaurs went.

  2. I know what you're thinking... stop by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please, no "that's no moon" jokes this time. It's getting old. Not as old as previously thought, but still damn old.

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    You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
  3. That's not the only thing... by wsxyz · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's not the only thing that turns out to be younger than you thought.

    1. Re:That's not the only thing... by baKanale · · Score: 5, Funny

      I swear, officer, she told me she was 4.567 billion years old!

  4. She just looks old by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's because of all of the sun exposure.