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The Moon Is Millions of Years Older Than We Thought, Scientists Say (www.sciencealert.com)
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[โ€“] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I may have missed it, but the article didn't say how it was determined that the sample contained only moon material and not ejecta from any of the millions of meteors which have struck the moon.

[โ€“] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 2 points 2 years ago

The hadean period is actually really interesting, completely different than most of the history of the world.