# rmx-s-astro: evolving from (serial?) massive crashes

<< A giant impact formed the Moon, and lunar rocks provide insight into that process >>

Alessandro Morbidelli et al., Oxygen isotopic evidence for vigorous mixing during the Moon-forming giant impact. Science  29 Jan 2016: Vol. 351, Issue 6272, pp. 493-496
DOI: 10.1126/science.aad0525

http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aad0525

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