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The Cause Of Strange Swirls On The Moon Has Long Remained A Mystery, But New Research Suggests The Composition Of Lunar Soil Is A Primary Contributor To These Patterns
They discovered that the composition of lunar soil, also known as regolith ... Plagioclase is an aluminum-bearing mineral, while ferrous oxide is an iron compound. "Grain size differences might ...
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Silicon carbide from moon’s soil
Lunar regolith is not easy to get — after all, only 382 kg of moon rocks and soil have been brought to ... Each has its own composition and characteristics. Highlands are rich in silicon ...
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China finds unknown mineral in lunar soil samples — TV
BEIJING, September 9. /TASS/. Chinese scientists came across a previously unknown mineral in lunar soil samples, brought to the Earth by the Chang’e-5 spacecraft, China’s Central Television ...
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Chinese scientists use lunar soil to produce water, state media reports
BEIJING--Chinese scientists have discovered a “brand-new method” of producing large quantities of water using lunar soil ... that the minerals in this ‘moon soil’ contain large amounts ...
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Scientists from China invent technique to extract water from the moon’s surface
The team found that some of the minerals in lunar soil – especially the oxide mineral ilmenite – store large amounts of hydrogen as a result of billions of years of exposure to the solar wind.
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NASA’s micro-mission Lunar Trailblazer will make macro-measurements of the lunar surface in 2025
TRIDENT will dig down up to 3 feet (1 meter) and extract samples of lunar soil, and MSOLO will evaluate the soil’s chemical composition ... maps showing how hydrous minerals – minerals ...