Moon Dust Resets Lunar Clock 40 Million Years Earlier Than Thought

#shorts #scinews #science news #science #science max #lunar crystals #Apollo mission #zircon #radiometric dating #Theia impact Crystals in Apollo moon dust reset the Moon’s age to 4.46 billion years old – 40 million years older than thought. The zircons formed as the lunar magma ocean cooled after the giant Theia impact created the Moon. Their uranium-lead ratios provided the new radiometric date.

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