#lunar-magnetism

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fromTheregister
1 week ago

Moon's mighty magnetic field was a 5,000-year titanium blip

Our new study suggests that the Apollo samples are biased to extremely rare events that lasted a few thousand years - but up to now, these have been interpreted as representing 0.5 billion years of lunar history. It now seems that a sampling bias prevented us from realizing how short and rare these strong magnetism events were.
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fromTheregister
3 months ago

Rust on the Moon? Far-side dirt says yes, actually

Micron-scale hematite and maghemite grains were found in Chang'e 6 samples from the Moon's far-side South Pole-Aitken Basin, indicating localized oxidation events.
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