Moon was formed inside a doughnut-shaped ring of debris full of vaporised rocks, suggests new research

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Scientists suggest Earth may have come into existence about 1,000 years after the formation of the moon

The Earth's moon was formed inside a hot cosmic cloud of molten rock, according to a new theory, which could help scientists explain some long-standing questions about the chemical makeup of the mo...

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