Has the mystery of how the moon formed finally been solved? Scientists find new evidence our lunar satellite was created during a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized planet 4.5 billion years ago

Not only did the collision create the moon, a new study says, but it also buried relics of Theia deep within Earth's mantle which ultimately went on to help form Hawaii and Iceland.

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