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The moon is still old

More precise dating of Apollo 14 moon rocks pegs age at 4.51 billion years

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WHAT’S MY AGE AGAIN?  The moon formed about 4.51 billion years ago, a new analysis of lunar rocks reveals.

M. Barboni

By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

The moon formed at least 4.51 billion years ago, no more than 60 million years after the formation of the solar system, researchers report online January 11 in Science Advances.