Earth’s satellite is actually the moon A piece broken off by a gigantic collision The theory is one of the most widely accepted theories about the formation of the moon. To date, many discoveries have been made that support this theory. But a recent discovery was almost the greatest proof of the theory.

Patrizia Will of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology found something surprising in the moon rocks that NASA collected during her PhD research in Antarctica. Patrizia in the rocks the presence of helium and neon caught the trail. These two gases found in the six moon rocks indicated that the moon was part of the Earth.

So how did this Moonstone contain gas?

Moon rocks are formed when magma is ejected from the moon and then cools rapidly. basalt It consists of volcanic rock. This cooling process takes place in samples that retain the chemical characteristics of the sun’s gases.moon glassparticles formed. After basalt was formed, this glass was surrounded by layers of rock that protected it. As a result, the gas got trapped inside.

The theory that the moon was formed from the fragments of the Earth as a result of a giant collision was supported by this study. According to one version of this theory, the Earth 4.5 billion years ago, 60 million years after its formation, collided with a ‘protoplanet’ called Theia. One of the discoveries that supported this theory was the discovery that the moon’s mantle rocks have a composition similar to that found on Earth.