{"id":104783,"date":"2020-09-06T14:16:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T18:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=104783"},"modified":"2020-09-06T14:16:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T18:16:53","slug":"rusty-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=104783","title":{"rendered":"“Rusty” Moon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe blue areas in this composite image from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) aboard the Indian Space Research Organization’s Chandrayaan-1 orbiter show water concentrated at the Moon’s poles. Homing in on the spectra of rocks there, researcher found signs of hematite, a form of rust. Credit: ISRO\/NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/Brown University\/USGS<\/em><\/p>\n

Rust never sleeps.<\/p>\n

The moon is ‘rusting’ and scientists are stunned<\/h3>\n

The rust may be a result of the water discovered on the moon<\/strong><\/em>
\nBy Chris Ciaccia<\/strong><\/p>\n

A newly published study notes that the moon is “rusting,” leaving experts perplexed by the discovery.<\/p>\n

The research, published in Science Advances, notes that the rust may be a result of water discovered on the moon, but it’s still shocking, given the lack of oxygen and dearth of water on Earth’s celestial satellite.<\/p>\n

“It’s very puzzling,” the study’s lead author, Shuai Li of the University of Hawaii, said in a statement. “The moon is a terrible environment for hematite to form in.”<\/p>\n

Li was looking at data from the JPL Moon Mineralogy Mapper when the researcher realized the instrument detected “spectra – or light reflected off surfaces – that revealed the Moon’s poles had a very different composition than the rest of it,” the statement added.<\/p>\n

The polar surfaces showed spectra that matched the mineral hematite (Fe2O3), according to the study’s abstract.<\/p>\n

“Although oxidizing processes have been speculated to operate on the lunar surface and form ferric iron\u2013bearing minerals, unambiguous detections of ferric minerals forming under highly reducing conditions on the Moon have remained elusive,” the researchers wrote in the study’s abstract. “Our analyses of the Moon Mineralogy Mapper data show that hematite, a ferric mineral, is present at high latitudes on the Moon, mostly associated with east- and equator-facing sides of topographic highs, and is more prevalent on the nearside than the farside.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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With no atmosphere providing oxygen on the moon and the sun’s solar wind delivering hydrogen — which should act as a “reducer” to prevent oxidation — scientists are baffled where the rust is coming from. However, they believe it could stem from Earth, given the moon does have “trace amounts of oxygen” thanks to Earth’s magnetic field.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next will be lunar chem-trails, conspiracy theory fodder if I ever saw it. Read the rest here: Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n

ChipNASA unavailable for comment.
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