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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. 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!
  2. summary wrong, 100 million, now 200 million by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 5, Informative

    TFA says: Once we removed the contamination, we found that this sample is almost 100 million years younger than we expected," says researcher James Connelly of the Centre for Star and Planet Formation.

    Come on /., doesn't anybody verify facts / articles anymore ??

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

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