A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. Now an
Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. Now an international team of scientists including an expert from Washington University in St. Louis has determined the age of these moon rocks at close to 1.97 billion years old. Science News | Scientists Analyse First Fresh Samples from Moon in More Than 40 Years.
A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. Now an international team of scientists, including Bradley Jolliff at Washington University in St. Louis, has determined the age of these moon rocks at close to 1.97 billion years old.
December 16, 2020
Asteroid explorer collects first samples thought to be rich in organic compounds; a Purdue scientist will be among the first to study
Note to journalists: Photographs of Michelle Thompson with previous asteroid samples are available via a Google Drive folder. Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines.
Thompson holds a sample of a carbonaceous meteorite which may have similarities to material returned by the Hayabusa2 mission. (Purdue University photo/John Underwood)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. A fireball lit up the Australian sky in the first week of December, as Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer sent a capsule containing pieces of nearby asteroid Ryugu down to the Earth’s surface.