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Moon Rocks Were A Common Gift From The US Government, But Now Many Of Them Are Missing
With that in mind, it is not surprising that one of the most common gifts given by the United States during the 1970’s was ...
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What the first new moon rocks in decades can tell us
The Chang'e 5 return capsule containing the Earth's newest moon rocks is loaded into a truck. Credit: Xinhua News Agency / Getty Images The newest moon rocks to have landed on Earth are now headed ...
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Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history
In the summer of 2024, a robotic mission landed for the first time on the far side of the Moon. The Chinese Chang’e-6 lander planted a flag, dug up more than four pounds of rock and soil ...
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Lunar rocks help scientists pinpoint when the moon crystallized
But we don't know exactly when or how. Now, scientists have made new measurements on moon rocks from the Apollo missions to set a date for the time the moon solidified: 4.43 billion years ago.