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One collision could have formed the moon and started plate tectonics
A hypothetical planet slamming into Earth 4.5 billion years ago might have set subduction into motion.
By Nikk Ogasa
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A hypothetical planet slamming into Earth 4.5 billion years ago might have set subduction into motion.
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