Moon’s age: A 4.46 billion lunar puzzle has just been solved

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Moon’s age: A 4.46 billion lunar puzzle has just been solved
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"Without the Moon, life on Earth would look different. It’s a part of our natural system that we want to better understand, and our study provides a tiny puzzle piece in that whole picture."

A team of researchers has made a significant leap in unraveling the age-old enigma of the moon’s origins. The lunar dust samples used in this study collected during the Apollo 17 mission contain tiny crystals that formed billions of years ago. Within these lunar fragments lay the key to understanding the

This meticulous, atom-by-atom analysis, conducted at Northwestern University, revealed how atoms within the zircon crystals had undergone radioactive decay. This decay process converts unstable elements, such as uranium, into more stable elements, like lead. By studying the proportions of theseHeck aptly likens this radiometric dating process to an hourglass, where the accumulation of sand in the lower bulb signifies the passage of time.

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