Scientists have put forward a new radical theory of the origin of the Moon
The study shows that the so-called collision theory may be wrong, scientists say.
Scientists have put forward a new shocking theory of origin months.
The Daily Mail writes about it.
Despite the fact that the Moon is the closest neighbor of the Earth, scientists have been trying to solve the mystery of the origin of this planet for hundreds of years.
Since the 1980s, experts have assumed that the Moon formed as a result of an explosive collision with a protoplanet Theia at the beginning of Earth's history.
But now research shows that this so-called collision theory may be wrong.
“Instead, Pennsylvania State University researchers say Earth could have gently grabbed the moon as it drifted past, in a process called binary exchange capture. This radical theory suggests that the moon could have started life as one part of “Earth's…
