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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. Re:Or... by cas2000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    it is not categorically irrational to believe in God

    actually, it is. Believing in something for which there is absolutely no evidence, and in fact is contra-indicated by the evidence, is pretty much the canonical example of irrational

    believing in "God" is *precisely* as irrational as believing in Invisible Pink Unicorns - no more, no less.