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Space Wednesday, March 14th 2012 at 8:00 pm

Watch The Moon Age 4.5 Billion Years In Under 3 Minutes [Video]

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The moon may seem barren and boring, but each of those craters has a story, the story of an awesome space collision. Over its 4.5 billion year life, the moon has had an awful lot of those, turning it into the pockmarked celestial body we know and love today. Fortunately for you NASA’s Goddard Multimedia team has comprised this lovely little video that gives you the quick version. At a quick but impressive 2:42, it’s definitely worth a watch and sure beats staring at the sky, slack-jawed, for 4.5 billion years.

(via io9)

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  • Jackbondnj16

    That’s a cool what-if scenario of what it would look like if the universe were really that old.

  • http://www.facebook.com/keiek Jordan Hoskins

    It’s older

  • Anonymous

    “…if the universe were really that old”…  Are you leading to a scientific argument or a televangelist argument?  If it’s the latter, forget I asked.

  • Jackbondnj16

    I’m just stating my opinion as fact, same as in the article.

  • http://www.facebook.com/keiek Jordan Hoskins

    …

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=687991878 Dave Diem Martinez

    This Jack Bond guy is the most interesting of trolls. He’s on geekosystem often questioning anything scientific-related. I’m guessing he’s either a troll or from Kansas. Or both.

  • juswonderin

    Why attack him PERSONALLY? Let your logic do your talking.  Is that too much to ask?

  • Guest

    that’s not fair to Kansas.

  • Major48

    I wonder why they left out the actual origin of the moon? Supposedly a moon sized asteroid that glaced off the earth and got caught, so i was taught at uni. Now that would have been a spectacular animation.