A Late Birth for the Earth and Moon

- Summary: A new study shows that the Earth and Moon may have been formed much later than previously believed. Understanding the history and formation of the Earth is important in determining the potential for habitable worlds around distant stars. The Earth and Moon were created as the result of a giant collision between two planets the size of Mars and Venus. Full story:

http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/3520/a-late-birth-for-the-earth-and-moon

* Modern Science and the Ancient Writings on the Genesis of the Solar System - Zecharia Sitchin - "The Twelfth Planet": "The planet Nibiru and its seven satellites to head towards Tiamat... Kingu, Tiamat's main satellite, is protected in the course of the collision and becomes our Moon... One of Nibiru's satellites cut Tiamat in two, thus forming the "Sky", the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and the other half formed the Earth, with its own, independent orbit:

http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2008/10/modern-science-and-ancient-writings-on.html

* Silver tells a volatile story of Earth's origin: Water was present during its birth... Scientists finds evidence of water ice on asteroid's surface... The Moon may have formed in a nuclear explosion:

http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2010/05/silver-tells-volatile-story-of-earths.html