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An artist’s rendering of early Earth with a huge Moon looking over the alien landscape, including oceans of water
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How Much Did the Moon Heat Young Earth?

by Jure Japelj 11 January 202211 January 2022

Tidal heating may have raised the surface temperature of early Earth and triggered global volcanism, a new study says.

Artist’s rendering of the near-Earth object Kamo’oalewa
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Asteroid May Be a Chip off the Old Moon

by Stacy Kish 9 December 202127 March 2023

Spectral data suggest that Kamo‘oalewa, a near-Earth asteroid, has a composition similar to lunar rocks.

Close-up of the Artemis Gateway in front of the Moon.
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NASA Prepares Its Artemis Gateway to Orbit the Moon

by Jude Coleman 9 December 202113 December 2021

Throughout its anticipated 15-year tour of duty, the Gateway will serve as a station for astronauts and lunar landers—and enable new scientific discovery.

Computer artwork of two transportation vehicles on the Moon, with the Earth visible in the sky above
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! A Declaration of the Rights of the Moon

by Kate Evans 20 July 202122 November 2021

What are the ethics of mining the Moon? Could humans cause environmental damage to Earth’s only satellite? And could a new Declaration of the Rights of the Moon be one way of mitigating those impacts?

Map of thorium concentrations across the South Pole–Aitken Basin on the Moon’s farside
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Moon’s Largest Crater Holds Clues About Early Lunar Mantle

by Elizabeth Thompson 12 February 202128 January 2022

An ancient impact splashed evidence of the Moon’s early mantle makeup onto its surface. Now researchers are piecing together models, maps, and samples to bring these mysteries to light.

Image of the southern part of the Orientale Basin with yellow patches indicating boulders fields
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The Tumbling Boulders of Orientale Basin

by Laurent G. J. Montési 8 February 20213 May 2022

Mapping boulder fields and boulder tracks highlights the seismic hazard still present on the Moon.

A color mosaic close-up of the pockmarked surface of a crescent Moon
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Moon May Hold Billions of Tons of Subterranean Ice at Its Poles

by J. Pinson 20 November 202028 January 2022

By modeling over 4 billion years of the Moon’s impact history, scientists estimate that the lunar poles may harbor billions of metric tons of subsurface ice.

Hydration (in blue) on the lunar surface as observed from the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility overlain on an image of the Moon
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A Clearer Look at Lunar Surface Hydration

by Morgan Rehnberg 29 September 202028 July 2022

Independent ground-based observations of the Moon confirm prior spacecraft observations that hydration at the lunar surface varies with temperature.

Moon craters
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Water Ice Lurks in Young—but Not Too Young—Lunar Craters

by Katherine Kornei 15 June 202028 January 2022

Using topographic data, researchers have estimated the ages of water ice–containing craters near the Moon’s poles and ruled out volcanism as being a primary route for water delivery.

The new “Unified Geologic Map of the Moon”
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The First Global Geologic Map of the Moon

by Mark Betancourt 1 June 202028 October 2021

At a time when more geological data about the Moon are available than ever before, USGS scientists have created a one-stop shop where everyone, including the public, can see how it all fits together.

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