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The Man in the Moon Might Be 200 Million Years Older Than We Thought

The man in the moon might be 200 million years older than we first thought that's owing to a fresh analysis of impact craters on the moon. Science journalist, author and presenter of the space boffins podcast, Richard Hollingham is with us to explain. The solar system formed around 4.6 billion years ago and the moon formed very shortly after. And this period of the solar system formation was really chaotic. It was terrifying. That's what the solar system was like, at least in the plane of all the material around the sun.

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