Lunar dynamo’s lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 15:42 in Astronomy & Space

New evidence from ancient lunar rocks suggests that an active dynamo once churned within the molten metallic core of the moon, generating a magnetic field that lasted at least 1 billion years longer than previously ... Read more

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