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New UChicago, Field Museum study finds lunar crystals formed at least 4.46 billion years ago


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Crystals brought back by astronauts show that the Moon is 40 million years older than scientists thought | After an ocean of magma cooled down, the lunar crystals formed at least 4.46 billion years ago

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