06 October 2017
Volcanic activity gave the early Moon an atmosphere
... activity about 3.5 billion years ago and that the maximum atmospheric pressure at the lunar surface could have reached around 1.5 times higher than Mars' current atmospheric surface pressure. "This work dramatically changes our view of the...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
...is at 60 Earth radii. Large planetesimal impacts on the Moon result in magma filling the resulting craters in addition to generating a lunar atmosphere from the resulting outgassing. These volcanic rock regions are the dark-coloured maria that we see...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
...Moon would also have to contend with a very thin lunar atmosphere, radiation, bombardment and one-sixth gravity, all of ... aerospace engineer from India, who is pursuing MSc. in Atmospheric Science and Technology at Sapienza University of Rome and the ...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
.... Measurements made by several American space missions using mass spectrometers that analyse the chemical composition of the lunar atmosphere in the ultraviolet and visible range have proved their existence. The Russian spacecraft Luna-25 is expected...
