Apollo program

A study of magmatic rocks in Western Australia has shown that the Earth's crust began to form actively a billion years later than previously thought. A comparison of these rocks with lunar samples confirmed the identical initial composition of the Earth and Moon 4.5 billion years ago, supporting the Giant Impact theory.

Microscopic orange-black glass crystals formed as a result of explosive volcanic emissions. They are untouched capsules of the lunar interior, preserved for billions of years.

Analysis of lunar samples has revealed that the largest crater on the Moon formed 4. 338 billion years ago. This discovery sheds light on the history of the Moon and the early cosmic environment around the Earth.