Findings Cast Doubt On Moon Origins 233
sciencehabit writes "A new analysis of isotopes found in lunar minerals challenges the prevailing view of how Earth's nearest neighbor formed. Geochemists looked at titanium isotopes in 24 separate samples of lunar rock and soil, and found that the moon's proportion was effectively the same as Earth's and different from elsewhere in the solar system. This contradicts the so-called Giant Impact Hypothesis, which posits that Earth collided with a hypothetical, Mars-sized planet called Theia early in its existence, and the resulting smash-up produced a disc of magma orbiting our planet that later coalesced to form the moon."
In other words... (Score:5, Funny)
That's no moon!
Oblig. (Score:0, Funny)
That's no moon.
Where is it ? (my keys) (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What are the implications? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:An alternate hypothesis. (Score:3, Funny)
The Moon is a giant alien battleship [wikipedia.org].
Re:Where is it ? (my keys) (Score:5, Funny)
Genesis 1:16 (Score:4, Funny)
It's times like this that I'm happy to be a creationist.
Re:Where is it ? (my keys) (Score:5, Funny)
Re:An alternate hypothesis. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In other words... (Score:5, Funny)
Pink Floyd owns the rights to the Dark Side of the Moon.
Re:What are the implications? (Score:5, Funny)
We should demand to see its birth certificate.
The Moon: A Ridiculous Liberal Myth (Score:5, Funny)
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors .. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
Re:Where is it ? (my keys) (Score:5, Funny)
I tried this but then I lost the RFID detector. Once I found it again, I tagged it and now have an RFID Detector Detector. And just to make sure that isn't lost, I tagged that device and have an RFID Detector Detector Detector. What was I looking for again?
Re:An alternate hypothesis. (Score:4, Funny)
Bah what nonsense.
The mice obviously commissioned the moon at the same time as they had the earth built.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_races_and_species_in_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Mice [wikipedia.org]
Re:In other words... (Score:5, Funny)
OT14 teaches us that "The Moon" was actually put here to hold any thetans left over after the volcanoes became full.
Just sayin'.
Re:Where is it ? (my keys) (Score:2, Funny)
That's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
Wait, I think I'm in the wrong thread...
Re:Where is it ? (my keys) (Score:4, Funny)
Wait, you moved, and the teens *still* managed to find you and get their hands on the remote?