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Lunar Deep Dive: What Potassium Clues Reveal About the Moon’s Interior and the Giant Impact That Shaped It
New Clues from the Moon’s South Pole–Aitken Basin The Moon continues to reveal its turbulent past through tiny chemical fingerprints. Recent analyses of basaltic rock samples collected by China’s Chang’e 6 mission, returned to Earth, show an unusual ratio of potassium isotopes. This discovery adds weight to a striking theory: a colossal asteroid impact may…
