A close-up view of a portion of a "relatively fresh" crater, looking southeast, as photographed during the third Apollo 15 lunar surface ...
Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...
For the Moon itself, the story is different. The Moon has far less water than Earth, but for such a dry world it’s important. Most of it lies frozen in dark polar craters, and these icy spots could ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's Perseverance mission spotted a possible large meteorite, called Phippsaksla, in September ...
A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...
A new NASA study of its Apollo lunar soils clarifies the Moon’s record of meteorite impacts and timing of water delivery.
NASA research using Apollo lunar regolith data refines the Moon’s impact record and places limits on meteorite contributions to Earth’s water over geologic time.
Planetary scientists analyzing oxygen isotopes in lunar soil from the Apollo mission sites conclude that meteorite ...
Research using Apollo samples indicates late meteorite impacts were unlikely to be the main source of Earth’s water.
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