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translation ExclusiveScientists have revealed new evidence that our Moon was created during a giant collision between Earth and a Mars-sized planet 4.5 billion years ago.

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The British newspaper “Daily Mail” noted: Since the 1970s, astronomers have suspected that our natural satellite was created when a giant protoplanet called Theia hit the early Earth (Gaia).

Huge cloud

The newspaper explained: The nature of this collision and what happened immediately after it were the subject of debate, as some scientists suggested that it created a huge cloud of debris that merged into the moon over time.

New evidence

And revealed: New evidence has been uncovered supporting the impact theory 4.5 billion years ago, in addition to revealing a rather surprising fact about our planet.

A new study reports that the collision not only created the Moon, but also buried traces of Theia in the deep layer of the Earth, which eventually helped form Hawaii and Iceland.

Heavy points

Researchers led by the California Institute of Technology said that these traces of a Mars-sized protoplanet were thousands of miles across, and they believe that the dense material sank to the lower region, where it gathered together to form heavy dots above the core of our planet that are still there today.