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At one time there were natural nuclear reactors. Veins of uranium rich enough to fission.
by flangola7 3y ago
At one time there were natural nuclear reactors. Veins of uranium rich enough to fission.
- bboygravity 3y agoOne hypothesis is that the moon was basically spat out by a supercritical natural fission reactor inside earth at a time when the earth was still rotating much faster. Basically slinging a part of itself into space to form the moon. I love that hypothesis.
- gus_massa 3y agoSadly the current most popular hypothesis in the scientific community is the collision of a smaller version of the Earth with another planet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Moon
- NikkiA 3y agoOddly enough, that article doesn't mention the name 'Theia' or even link to the larger page on the collision theory that searching for 'Theia' brings... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet)