New Study Suggests Everyone Was Wrong About Where the Moon Came From

. . .As the story goes, 4.5 billion years ago, the moon was born as a result of a giant Mars-sized object named Theia crashing into Earth.

This collision was responsible for more than just creating the moon — it also affected the shape, mass and composition of the Earth.

However, new research from the journal Science and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) suggests that this historic collision might not have been as accidental as it seems.

Scientists are reportedly just finding out that influential Theia might have been formed in the solar system right alongside Earth, meaning these two were once upon a time neighbors.

“The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner Solar System,” said Timo Hopp, a geoscientist and Lab Manager with the MPS and the Department of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago, according to Universe Today. (Read more from “New Study Suggests Everyone Was Wrong About Where the Moon Came From” HERE)