January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
.... Rosen, an American citizen in Honduras on business, became aware of the offer and, following some negotiations, acquired the Moon rock and its accompanying plaque from the retired military officer. Rosen then obtained two independent verifications...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
...each mineral), bulk density and bulk chemistry. As an example, terrestrial rocks such as basalts can be crushed, sieved and sorted to obtain a...Model of lunar ice drill. Up close to Apollo Moon rocks The main drawback to all regolith simulants is that ...
13 September 2016
Scientists prove the Moon was created by a vaporised Earth
... amount of heavy potassium isotopes found in lunar samples. The duo’s findings show that Moon rocks are enriched in the isotope compared with Earth rocks and is due to incomplete condensation of the potassium from the vapour phase during...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
.... It is the single most abundant element, but despite this rich resource its not easily accessible. Oxygen in moon rocks is locked up chemically as oxides in the form of minerals or glass, so to use it, you need to process it and the easier you...
18 January 2019
Asteroid impacts on the increase since the age of the dinosaurs
... with the fine lunar soil, and after calculating the rate at which Moon rocks break down into soil, a relationship between the amount of large rocks near a crater and the crater's age was revealed. The team...
27 September 2021
Early findings from Chang'e 5 samples shows a mix of "exotic" materials
...Chinese scientists have released their early-stage findings of moon rocks returned to Earth as part of the country’s ...further investigation could help determine the types of space rock that have impacted the Moon's surface over the eons. "All of the ...
