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Lunar science

  • Giant-impact hypothesisIn 1898, George Darwin proposed that Earth and the Moon were once a single body. He suggested a molten Moon had been spun from Earth due to centrifugal…
  • Late Heavy BombardmentApollo 15, 16, and 17 landing sites were chosen for their proximity to the Imbrium, Nectaris, and Serenitatis basins. Astronauts collected impact melt rocks…
  • Exploration of the MoonThe oldest cave paintings from up to 40,000 years before present depict bulls and geometric shapes that may have tracked the Moon's phases.