Earth-Moon (IMAGE)
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Scientists at Southwest Research Institute combined dynamical, thermal, and chemical Moon formation models to explain key differences between the composition of lunar rocks and the Earth's. The Moon's lack of easily vaporized elements provides evidence about how the Earth-Moon system formed 4.5 billion years ago.
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