Research sheds new light on Moon rock formation solving major puzzle in lunar geology (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Research sheds new light on Moon rock formation solving major puzzle in lunar geology

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Image shows astronaut-geologist standing next to a huge lunar boulder during NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The scientists in this research used rock samples from this Apollo mission.

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NASA/Eugene Cernan

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