18-01-2026 18:34 via science.slashdot.org

Astronomers Finally Explain How Molecules From Earth's Atmosphere Keep Winding Up On the Moon

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Particles from Earth's atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and have been landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study [published in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment last month]. The research sheds new light on a puzzle that has endured for over half a century since the Apollo missions brought back lunar samples with traces of substances such as water, car
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