Scientists from Australia studied soil samples from the Moon and dated them using uranium-lead geochronology.
Scientists fromUK, Canada, Sweden and Australia. The researchers' goal is to determine the age and geographic origin of the sample. However, the team of experts achieved much more. The results of the project helped refine knowledge of atomic-level processes in minerals that have been subjected to extreme shock forces in their history. The samples that astronauts collected from the Moon 50 years ago survived two impacts on the surface during the formation of the crater.
The research is published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment.
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