The Moon's Two Sides Look So Different Thanks To 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Physics (forbes.com)

StartsWithABang writes: 4.5 billion years ago, a giant object collided with our proto-Earth, kicking up debris that eventually coalesced into the Moon. While the near side contains dark maria and lunar lowlands, the far side is almost exclusive heavily cratered, high-mountainous regions. This was a mystery for a long time, but it appears that heating from the hot, young Earth caused a chemical and crustal difference between the two faces.

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The moon could have been artificially created.

[Anonymous Coward]

Another, more plausible explanation is that the moon was actually an ancient artificial space station, placed in a very specific orbit around the earth. Over time, debris has collected on it, giving it its current appearance. The fact that it always faces the earth, and orbits the earth once every month is very intriguing. This isn't something we'd expect to happen were the moon a natural creation. That suggests that it likely was created as an artificial space station which has since become, for lack of a better term, dusty over a long span of time.

Re:The moon could have been artificially created.

[Anonymous Coward]

That's no space station. It's a moon!

Re: The moon could have been artificially created.

[JDevers]

Damned, you would think he had to see that coming.