Questions like “does the moon rotate on its axis” fascinates me. In fall last year, I thought about this and decided to embark on some in-depth research to.
A new simulation shows that the moon formed in a matter of hours, instead of months or years. The Moon formed only in a matter of hours following the collision between Earth and Theia, a space object the size of Mars, according to a new simulation put forth by a novel study.
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"How'd the moon get here? Look, you pinheads who attacked me for this, you guys are just desperate. How'd the moon get here? How'd the sun get there? How'd it get there? Can you explain that to me? How come we have that and Mars doesn't have it?" -Bill O'Reilly
Once upon a time, humans looked at the tides going out and coming in and we had no idea what caused them. At high tides, the sea level would rise, and the coast would get swept up by the oceans, while at low tides, the water would recede, leaving tidepools behind.