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New research show moon’s creation

International Desk |
Update: 2014-06-05 21:17:00

DHAKA: Lunar rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts more than 40 years ago contain evidence of a Mars-sized planet that scientists believe crashed into Earth and created the moon.

New research shows, reports The Straits Times.

German scientists using a new technique said they detected a slight chemical difference between Earth rocks and moon rocks.

Scientists said more study would be needed to confirm this long-elusive piece of evidence that material from another body besides Earth contributed to the moon's formation some 4.5 billion years ago.

Scientists believe the moon formed from a cloud of debris launched into space after a Mars-sized body called Theia crashed into young Earth.

Different planets in the solar system have slightly different chemical makeups. Therefore, scientists believed moon rocks might hold telltale chemical fingerprints of whatever body smashed into Earth.

BDST: 0711 HRS, JUNE 06, 2014

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