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Moon origin debate gains wide science backing
Scientists at a San Francisco AAAS meeting discuss the giant-impact theory for Earth's Moon. They describe a Mars-sized protoplanet colliding with the young Earth, vaporizing crust and creating molten debris that formed the Moon within hundreds to thousands of years.
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