Recent studies on the lunar stones by NASA has revealed that the Moon is much older than we ever thought. Scientists from NASA have been trying to figure out the actual age of the moon for a very long time, and the recent findings are reported to have given a lot of clue about when the Earth actually started becoming a suitable place to live.

Is the Moon 4.5 Billion Years Old?

According to recent reports, the scientists in NASA have found the age of the Moon more accurately than ever before. The age has been calculated from the lunar rock samples that the NASA gathered at the time of the Apollo 14 Mission. According to the thorough analysis of the lunar rocks conducted by the scientists, the Moon is said to have been formed about 4.51 billion years ago. This age is just 60 million years after the formation of the Solar System for the first time, as reported by The Verge.

The Significance of Lunar Dating

The recently found age of the Moon makes it much older than the estimates that were ever made. NASA says that the Moon was formed by a high-speed collision of the leftover debris in the Solar System that happened between the Earth and Theia which was a smaller planet-like object. It is said that it took a long time for the earth to recover from the large impact of this complete wipe off. By identifying the precise age of the Moon, scientists believe that they can find out the exact time at which the Earth became completely suitable for living, as reported by Daily Galaxy.

Though there had been speculations about the assumptions considered to come up to this conclusion, scientists believe that it is indeed a significant breakthrough as it allows them to know when exactly the Earth turned out to be the beautiful planet it is today.