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This summer I took part in the Lunar and Planetary Institute’s (LPI) Exploration Science Summer Intern Program, located in Houston, Texas. This is a 10-week program for graduate students to study relevant lunar science in preparation for NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions. Five … Continue reading
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In our new paper, we explore the conditions within the Moon’s crust that result in the formation of granulites. Granulites are a rock type that formed from high temperature recrystallisation of existing highland rocks (see our previous post reviewing the … Continue reading
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The Apollo 15 mission landed astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Irvine onto the surface of the Moon on the 30th July 1971. The mission visited an area on the nearside of the Moon, to the SW corner of the Imbrium … Continue reading
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Recently, we have been involved in a couple of studies of tiny glass droplets recovered from soil samples returned from the Moon in December 2020 by the China National Space Agency Chang’e-5 mission. These melt droplets are impact glass beads, … Continue reading
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This post follows a week of activities hosted by planetary science PhD students Peter Mc Ardle and Megan Hammett for a selection of sixth form students – from Greater Manchester and the surrounding areas – as part of the In2Science … Continue reading
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This post was written by Arty Goodwin. ————— Howdy! This summer, I’m taking part in the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Exploration Science Summer Intern Program, a 10-week internship that started at the end of May. I’ve been joined by … Continue reading
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Detailed analysis of individual grains of lunar rock has enabled us to investigate how samples collected by the Apollo 12 astronauts ended up on the surface of the Moon. The surface of the Moon is covered by a rubble-like layer … Continue reading
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Back in October 2021, my first paper was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. I’d been working on the paper for about a year and a half so it was very exciting and a big relief to finally … Continue reading
When we think of missions to the Moon, the first thing that comes to mind for most people is probably NASA and the Apollo missions. But did you know, that between 1959 and 1976, the Soviet Union also sent a … Continue reading
This Blog post was written by Joshua Snape, Romain Tartese and Katherine Joy. It was first published online for the Conversation. The research paper the blog discusses is X. Che, A. Nemchin, D. Liu, T. Long, C. Wang, M. D. … Continue reading
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