Tech It Out: What secrets lie beneath the moon’s soil – CGTN

Two kilograms of lunar soil can fill two coffee jars. Why is it useful to collect all this dust and debris?
First, it can help us better determine the age of the moon and other planets, based on a method called crater counting. Just by counting how many craters of various sizes there are helps scientists estimate how old a planet’s surface is.
This method can work based on the assumption that a newer surface should have fewer impact craters, while more heavily cratered terrain will generally be…

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