Posted on July 22, 2025, 6:00 pm By professorrosado
Research More At iKnowdle!How the moon’s hidden protection shields against solar wind erosion
The moon’s thin atmosphere, called an exosphere, has been a puzzle to science for some time. Two main processes were thought to create this wispy gas envelope; tiny meteoroids hitting the surface and solar wind particles bombarding the lunar soil. But new research using Apollo moon samples reveals that the moon’s own surface features provide surprising protection against solar wind erosion.
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