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Chang'e-6 Samples Confirm Hematite and Maghemite on the Moon

A Science Advances analysis links the ferric oxides to brief oxidizing vapors from ancient impacts.

New Analysis Finds Asteroid Belt’s Active Mass Shrinking by 0.0088% Per Million Years

Shocked Quartz at Three Clovis Sites Revives Case for Younger Dryas Comet Airburst

Seismic Reanalysis Finds Mars’ Mantle Packed With Ancient Impact Debris

New Study Links 56,000-Year-Old Meteor Impact to Grand Canyon Landslide Dam