From today, the Earth is around 60 million years older -- and so is the moon
Sacramento CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2014 - Work presented at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Sacramento, California shows that the timing of the giant impact between Earth's ancestor and a planet-sized body occurred around 40 million years after the start of solar system formation. This means that the final stage of Earth's formation is around 60 million years older than previously thought. Geochemists from the Universit ... more

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