13. "How the Moon was Born"

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/how-the-moon-was-born/263763/

On October 17, 2012, the article "How the Moon was Born" was published on the website The Atlantic by  Megan Garber. The article was meant to explain and clarify the scientific theory of the creation of the moon. She begins by telling where the theory came from and talking about Darwin, the person who suggested the theory. He looked at the Greek mythology and said that it shows that the moon comes from a collision with the Earth and a body called Theia. This theory hasn't been proven, but scientists recently found evidences  which shows that a collision happened. Garber writes about how the scientists found the evidences, which was brought back by the astronauts who went on lunar missions. She also explains how the collision may have happened and all the scientific facts concerning about it. There are still points which are missing, but scientists are still in search of finding evidences to prove the theory. She ends the article by showing a video of the possible collision.

The author's purpose of writing this article is to reveal that some evidences of the theory for the creation of the moon was found. It was found through the samples astronauts brought back from the moon. The article was meant for scientists and people interested in science, since its diction is full of scientific words. The words are too complex for a person not interested in science to read it, unless they learned and studied about it.The author was able to explain how the collision happened and what evidences are missing to fully prove that the theory.