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Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon Charon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss

Pluto and Charon's relationship may have resulted from a collision rather than conventional moon formation theories.

You don't look a day over 4.35 billion! Here's the moon's anti-aging secret

The study proposes the Moon formed around 4.35 billion years ago, influenced by tidal heating from early interactions with Earth.

Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon Charon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss

Pluto and Charon's relationship may have resulted from a collision rather than conventional moon formation theories.

You don't look a day over 4.35 billion! Here's the moon's anti-aging secret

The study proposes the Moon formed around 4.35 billion years ago, influenced by tidal heating from early interactions with Earth.
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Ancient Moon Melt Event May Explain 150-Million-Year Gap in Age Estimates

The moon's formation history is revised, linking older rock samples to significant heating events rather than its original formation.

Scientists discover remains of a 'buried planet' deep inside EARTH

The moon was formed from a collision between Earth and a planet named Theia 4.5 billion years ago.
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