A new simulation created by researchers could give us a front row seat to how the Moon formed during Earth's early days.
A new simulation of how the Moon formed shows that it could have formed in the span of mere hours, NASA says. Billions of years ago, when Earth was much younger, it would have looked a lot different than it does now. This new simulation posits that an object the size of Mars may have collided with the Earth of that time, creating what would later become our Moon.
Jacob Kegerreis, a postdoctoral researcher with NASA’s Ames Research Center, lead a study into the possible collision. Kegerreis and other researchers published their findings in. In the study, the researchers note that they went into the scenario knowing exactly what the outcome of these simulations would be. But it was exciting to learn how the results aligned with the theory.
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