Tag Archives: Lunar
Remote detection of widespread indigenous water in lunar pyroclastic deposits
Nature Geoscience 10, 561 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2993 Authors: Ralph E. Milliken & Shuai Li Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
Lunar dynamo’s lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years
Astronomers report that a lunar rock collected by NASA’s Apollo 15 mission exhibits signs that it formed 1 to 2.5 billion years ago in the presence of a relatively weak magnetic field of about 5 microtesla. That’s around 10 times … Continue reading
Evidence for an early wet Moon from experimental crystallization of the lunar magma ocean
Nature Geoscience 10, 14 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2845 Authors: Yanhao Lin, Elodie J. Tronche, Edgar S. Steenstra & Wim van Westrenen Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
itssedimentary: Thin sections of lunar basalt (3.15-3.35 Ga)…
itssedimentary: Thin sections of lunar basalt (3.15-3.35 Ga) viewed under plane polarized light and cross-polarized light. Sample contains olivine, clinopyroxene, and plagioclase. Images by author Geology Nerd
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Waiting for Lunar Eclipse tonight
(ANSAmed) – Rome, 25 APR – great expectations for the Eclipse of moon tonight on April 25. It will be an eclipse partial, similar to that of December 31, 2009, but to make the event in particular will be what … Continue reading