Mysteries of the Moon | The Moon | BBC Earth Science

Gary Lofgren, a geologist at NASA, studies samples of lunar rocks to understand where the moon came from. Explore the two theories which breakdown how the moon was formed.

Taken from The Moon.

[BayAreaMotorcycleCommuting]

Very surprised that the entire sequence up through 1:00 doesn't mention a single date. For kids / unfamiliar folks watching this, saying "we never returned to the moon" is pretty meaningless without at least saying the year the last moon walk occurred. Obviously the footage looks vaguely old, and the information is readily available online, but you'd think a documentary clip would provide some context for the new viewers. C'mon BBC

[legitbeans]

Omg it's Sean Pertwee! He has the most soothing voice of all time!

[TheDeaceyd]

Not true. The moon continues to move away.

[littlegrandadoutdoors]

Actually the moon is moving away from the earth a little every year... the moon is so far away from earth, that you could fit every planet in the solar system between the earth and the moon.

[regalherbsman]

Here come the conspiracy theory nuts in 3, 2, 1 ... we already have one claiming the moon is fake LOL

[tomaso]

01:08 ... and one "moon" rock was given to Netherlands Prime Minister Willem Drees as a private gift on Oct. 9, 1969... 🤷‍♂

[robinkhaira]

You are lying its made of yummy yummy cheese.

[shankarbalakrishnan]

So there is something faster than light our thoughts so why worry❤❤🎉🎉 peace and invent

[rogerc]

When's britain going to the moon?

[DM]

We measure carbon 14 to determine the age of an object. How did they measure the age of the moon rocks ?

[qv]

Not true. The moon is moving away from the earth. Ca. 2.5 cm every year.

[LordBrittish]

That is some weird looking cheese they brought back from the moon! 🧀 🌙

[Whisperverse]

The United kingdom is my beloved country ❤️❤️❤️

[Whisperverse]

One million likes for the friendship of the United kingdom and the USA ❤❤❤

[K-TechCyber]

leave alone the moon itself...what about dust? which formed the moon...where did it come from

[nier]

Artemis is taking on the next lunar adventure

[richcolour]

Surprised the BBC hasn't deinterlaced this upload

[abuzarov]

"millions of tons of debris"

Humanitarians are so humanitarian :)

They are not good with numbers, but they are very willing to use them - without understanding what they are saying.

[Riley_]

Worthless video with a bunch of second hand regurgitated information.

[Commentswithlove]

Landed on the moon in a Hollywood studio 🎥