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Impact Craters Reveal a Deeper Rock‐Poor Regolith in the Lunar Highlands

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 17, 16 September 2026.
Abstract The only measurements of the highlands regolith occurred at the Apollo 14 and 16 landing sites, finding 10–15 m thick regolith; however, we show that the Apollo landing sites are anomalous due to their proximity to rare, highlands rocky craters and because they landed atop basin ejecta. Through observations of rocky crater populations, we show
M. A. Chertok, E. S. Costello, P. G. Lucey, S. M. Ireland, C. M. Elder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

First-Principles Insights into Coverage-Dependent Water Adsorption Mechanisms on Representative Lunar Regolith Mineral Surfaces. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Deng X, Hong Y, Wang X, Ye X, Xue H, He C, Wang J, Tang F.   +7 more
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Underestimation of Planetary Contraction Due To Obscuration by Surface Roughness: The Case of Mercury

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 17, 16 September 2026.
Abstract Estimating Mercury's radial contraction is key to understanding the planet's geodynamic evolution. Contraction has been inferred from mapped shortening structures, whose heterogeneous distribution contradicts the isotropic contraction expected from global cooling.
G. Nishiyama, A. Broquet, N. Tosi, F. Preusker, A. Stark, H. Hussmann, E. Hauber   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential survivable niches for microbial life on the lunar south pole. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Saxena P, Bertone S, Graham HV, Curran NM, Regberg AB, Needham A, Puge DEB, Petro NE.   +7 more
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Toward Sustainable Lunar Construction: Optimization of Composite Alkali Activators for Nano-SiO₂-Modified Simulated Lunar Soil-Based Geopolymer with Macro- and Microstructural Characterization. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Wang Z, Li L, Li F.
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Widespread distribution of OH/H₂O on the lunar surface inferred from spectral data. [PDF]

Nat Geosci, 2018
Bandfield JL, Poston MJ, Klima RL, Edwards CS.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Moon Insight: a conceptual framework for future lunar exploration. [PDF]

Natl Sci Rev
Liu Y, Zou Y, Wang C.
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Moon's farside near-zero paleomagnetic field suggests a global lunar dynamo cessation. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Jiang X, Su F, Wang H, Liu R, Cao T, Hu S, Li H, Wen C, Chou YM, Qin H, Qi K, Han F, Ma Y, Liu J.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Performance Study of Compact Semiconductor Neutron Spectrometer HardPix for Lunar Water Mapping. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Filgas R, Matthiä D, Cintas H, Slavíček T, Jelínek J, Gohl S, Malich M, Natal da Luz H, Bergmann B, Berger T, McDonald F, Santin G.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

New lunar crater reveals extensive distal regolith modification. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Powell TM, Greenhagen BT, Horvath T, Williams JP, Jhoti E, Speyerer EJ, Elder CM, Paige DA.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source