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Puzzle of Moon’s origin resolved

Simulations show that Earth probably collided with an unnervingly similar sister planet to form our lunar neighbour.

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Levy, A. Puzzle of Moon’s origin resolved. Nature (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.17279

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