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Apollo Soil Study Finds Meteorites Supplied Only a Small Share of Earth’s Water

Triple-oxygen isotope fingerprints in Apollo regolith isolate impactor material to set limits that Artemis-era samples can refine.

Helium-3 Dating Reveals Rapid Post-Impact Evolution in Ocean Plankton

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

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