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Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Apollo rocks put new spin on Moon's magnetic past

A new study of Apollo 11 lunar rocks has revealed that the Moon's magnetic field lasted some 160 million years longer than previously thought.


Posted by Dr CLÉiRIGh at 17:52
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