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The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than We Thought

The moon is way older than scientists previously thought, and it was a bunch of rocks that set the record straight! American astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan brought a lunar haul back from the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. They collected about 243 pounds of soil and rock samples for people to study. By using a method called atom probe tomography, a team from UCLA has given the moon a new age, and it’s 40 million years older than previously thought.
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