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Monday, 21 July 2025

Have we finally solved mystery of magnetic moon rocks? 20JUL2025

 Have we finally solved mystery of magnetic moon rocks?

Have we finally solved mystery of magnetic moon rocks?
Simulations show how e/ects of asteroid impact could amplify the early Moon's weak magnetic field. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, May 2025

The open access paper is:

S. Narrett, I., Oran, R., Chen, Y., Miljković, K., Tóth, G.,
Mansbach, E.N. and Weiss, B.P., 2025. Impact plasma
amplification of the ancient lunar dynamo. Science
Advances, 11(21), p.eadr7401.

Yours,

Paul H.

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