Which is older, the sun or the moon?

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Which is older, the sun or the moon?

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Human beings have told stories and made art about the sun and the moon for as long as we’ve existed! Both of them were in the sky long before humans evolved. But just how old are they? And is the sun or the moon older? We asked astrophysicist Amanda Farah to help us find the answer.Got a question that’s sunsationally difficult? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll comMOONicate the answer to you

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