Meteorite strikes create the Moon’s atmosphere

Unlike Earth’s life-sustaining blanket of air, the Moon has but a thin wisp of an atmosphere. Now, a new study using samples retrieved by the Apollo missions more than 50 years ago is helping researchers gain clues into both how our satellite’s thin atmosphere formed and how it has evolved over billions of years. “TheContinue reading “Meteorite strikes create the Moon’s atmosphere”

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