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SPLAT IN THE SKY

A smaller companion moonlet may have long ago smacked into Earth’s current moon (as shown at right), a recent study suggests. That splat would have blanketed the moon’s farside with debris, explaining its thicker crust. Credit: M. Jutzi and E. Asphaug/Nature 2011

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