#86 We all love the Moon, but it hasn’t always been there. Where did it come from, and when did that happen?
Send us Fan Mail The Moon has a history longer than any of the features on Earth, but it isn’t as old as Earth. The Giant Impact hypothesis says that a Mars sized protoplanet collided with earth Billions of years ago and threw out enough of earth’s mantle to make the Moon. It’s an incredible story, and it might just have been the luckiest thing that ever happened for us. Without the Moon, life as we know it might never have existed. Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on X for some special content X.c...
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