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The Moon’s Great Inversion: How It Turned Itself Inside Out


University of Arizona scientists combined computer simulations and spacecraft data to solve a long-standing mystery surrounding the moon's "lopsided" geology. About 4.5 billion years ago, a small planet smashed into the young Earth, flinging molten rock into space. Slowly, the debris coalesced, c

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