Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that the Moon’s ancient magnetic field was not steady and long-lived but ...

Scientists from Oxford University finally explain why some Moon rocks show intense ancient magnetism. Titanium-rich rocks caused brief bursts in the lunar magnetic field.

(Javier Zayas Photography/Moment/Getty Images) A new study may have solved a long-standing mystery about the Moon's magnetism ...

Oxygen isotope analysis of lunar soil shows meteorites delivered only a limited amount of water to the Earth–Moon system ...

For decades, planetary scientists have debated a fundamental question about the moon's early history: Did it once generate a powerful or a weak magnetic field? A new study suggests both options are ...

Oxford scientists have discovered that the Moon’s ancient magnetic field was mostly weak but experienced rare, powerful bursts ...

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Scientists studying lunar samples have finally resolved a decades-long debate about the Moon’s ancient magnetic field.

The year's first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other. An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Apollo rocks show the moon’s magnetic field experienced intense spikes 3 billion to 4 billion years ago that ...

Lunar dust collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in the 1970s has revealed that the moon is 40 million years older than previously believed. After landing on the moon on December 11, 1972, NASA astronauts ...

The team examined a wide collection of Apollo lunar regolith samples and measured their triple oxygen isotope signatures with ...