Impact on Earth 4.5 Billion Years Ago May Have Kicked off Plate Tectonics
Amaze Lab
2024-05-10
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Around 4.5 billion years ago a giant object around the size of Mars crashed into the proto-planet Earth, called Theia. This essentially redid the planet and created the Moon, but new research suggests it also changed the way Earth would behave for the rest of its days.
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