Scientists find moon whiskers
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 13:07
in Astronomy & Space
Up to now scientists thought that the trace amounts of carbon on the surface of the Moon came from the solar wind. Now researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory have detected and dated Moon carbon in the form of graphite -- the sooty stuff of pencil lead -- which survived from the late heavy bombardment era 3.8 billion years ago.