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Where did the water on the moon come from?
One of the moon’s greatest mysteries has long been whether it has any water. During the Apollo era in 1960s and 70s, scientists were convinced it was dry and dusty – estimating there was ...
I am currently investigating the abundances and isotopic composition of volatiles in a mineral called apatite (what you teeth and bones are made of) that occurs in samples from the Moon. The aim is to see what the information can tell us about the origin and evolution of water and other volatiles in the Earth-Moon system.