MAX MASON ReutersUP AND AWAY: the ‘two moon’ theory is one of
the many mysteries NASA’s new solar powered twin lunar
laboratory will attempt to solve. Imagine looking up into the
night sky, there are no clouds, the stars are shining and the
glow of two moons radiates down to earth. the “two moon” theory
introduced by Martin Jutzi and Erik Asphaug of the University of
California at Santa Cruz is just one of the many mysteries
NASA’s solar powered twin lunar Gravity Recovery and Interior
Laboratory (GRAIL) – which launched from Cape Canaveral on
Saturday at 11:08pm (EST) – will attempt to solve. It is widely
accepted by scientists that about 4 billion years ago, a large
planet sized object collided with Earth. the resulting debris is
thought to have formed the moon, or moons, according to the new
theory. Talking to Fairfax Media, MIT research scientist and
deputy principal investigator for the GRAIL Discovery Mission,
Dr David E Smith, explained that by studying the moon, the “two
moon” theory and a host of oth