Lunar Meteorite Reveals Clues to 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Impacts that Struck Multiple Worlds

Lunar Meteorite Reveals Clues to 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Impacts that Struck Multiple Worlds

​Learn how a meteorite sample contained clues of a massive lunar collision 3.5 billion years ago.

Moon Meteorite Captures Key Evidence of Massive Asteroid Impact

Planetary scientists are examining a lunar meteorite known as North West Africa (NWA) 12593, uncovering crucial evidence of an asteroid impact on the moon dating back 3.5 billion years. This discovery aids in reconstructing the era of catastrophic impacts that significantly shaped the inner solar system. XRF map of a 7.53 g slice of NWA [...] The post Moon Meteorite Captures Key Evidence of Massive Asteroid Impact appeared first on Mondo News.

Scientists discover a 3.5-billion-year-old asteroid impact on the moon

The first few billion years of Earth's history saw the rise of life, the atmosphere and the oceans. Still, that time is shrouded in mystery: Not many rocks remain that preserve a record of those early iterations of our modern world. Dynamic geologic processes like erosion, subduction and burial mean the surface is constantly being reshaped, and older rocks aren't very common. But that time period is critical to understanding our own origins and …