r/interestingasfuck • u/howimetyourcakeshop • 10h ago

Our moon being formed.

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u/JimTobin89 7h ago

This is actually quite easy to answer, Im surprised no one mentioned this.

When we went to the moon, the samples we brought back revealed that a lot of the material analyzed is made of the same stuff from the earth.

This theory formed as a result of that data.

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u/Qzy 7h ago

Did we eat Theia's core?

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u/Solid-Childhood-4876 7h ago

There are articles floating around that talk about evidence from seismic observations that the Earth's core layers aren't as clean as we see drawn in the science books. According to what I read, there appears to be density anomalies (the core is lumpy) that lend credence to this theory.

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u/Kalamazoohoo 7h ago

This also lends credence to my theory that the core is made of tootsie rolls.

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u/Stuman93 4h ago

More like a tootsie pop. The Earth will end when the great owl tests how many licks it takes to get to the center.