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Earth is making the Moon rust, scientists find – The Independent
Scientists could not understand how oxygen was moving to the moon, but found it travels via magnetic field
Researchers have discovered that the moon is rusting, and Earth is partially responsible for causing it.
A new paper, studying data from the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Chandrayaan-1 orbiter, reveals that the moons poles have a significantly different composition than the rest.
Studying the light reflected from the poles, the University of Hawaiis Shuai Li found the spectral signature for hematite.
Hematite is a form of iron oxide, commonly known as rust; however, in order for iron t…
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