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The Mystery of Intense Magnetism on The Moon Is Finally Solved
Oxford researchers link titanium-rich lunar rocks to brief magnetic bursts lasting a few thousand years, correcting previous assumptions of a long-lived lunar magnetic field.
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Tech ExploristThe Mystery of Intense Magnetism on The Moon Is Finally Solved
A new study may have solved a long-standing mystery about the Moon's magnetism: Why do lunar rocks brought back by the Apollo missions show evidence of an intense magnetic field sometimes rivaling or exceeding that of Earth today? Considering the Moon is much smaller than our planet, and doesn't have the same internal energy and core dynamics that power Earth's magnetic field, it's surprising that these 3.5 billion-year-old rock samples have suc…
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The Moon has almost no magnetic field today. How can we explain, then, that the 382 kilograms of rocks reported by Apollo missions bear the trace? A riddle that has given sacred migraines to scientists who have addressed the issue.
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