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2 set 2020 · Three Key Ingredients. Their paper offers a three-pronged model to explain how rust might form in such an environment. For starters, while the Moon lacks an atmosphere, it is in fact home to trace amounts of oxygen. The source of that oxygen: our planet. Earth’s magnetic field trails behind the planet like a windsock.
9 set 2020 · ISRO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Brown University/USGS. Puzzling astronomers, the moon appears to have rusty patches on its surface—despite lacking two essential, rust-inducing ingredients: water and oxygen.
3 set 2020 · Combine these three ingredients - minute amounts of molecular water, minute amounts of oxygen, and a brief window of time each month in which rust can form freely - and, over a few billion years, you can get haematite on the Moon. That doesn't mean the mystery is completely solved, however.
3 set 2020 · Our planet's atmosphere may be causing the moon to rust, new research finds. Rust, also known as an iron oxide, is a reddish compound that forms when iron is exposed to water and oxygen. Rust...
4 set 2020 · The Moon is losing its white glow and becoming increasingly red — all because it’s getting rusty, scientists say. What’s more surprising is that Earth’s atmosphere might be what’s causing it. The term “rusty” here refers to iron oxide, a red compound that forms when iron is exposed to water and oxygen.
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Full Image Details. While our Moon is airless, research indicates the presence of hematite, a form of rust that normally requires oxygen and water. That has scientists puzzled. Mars has long been known for its rust. Iron on its surface, combined with water and oxygen from the ancient past, give the Red Planet its hue.
5 set 2020 · CNN —. The moon is getting rusty. Scientists had the same reaction you probably did when they reached this conclusion. It shouldn’t be possible – after all, there’s no oxygen on the moon ...
