Nicole X. Nie

Aug 2, 2024 | science.org | Kai Wang |Wenjia Li |Rajkumar Vasudeva Raju |Nicole X. Nie

AbstractThe Moon has a tenuous atmosphere produced by space weathering. The short-lived nature of the atoms surrounding the Moon necessitates continuous replenishment from lunar regolith through mechanisms such as micrometeorite impacts, ion sputtering, and photon-stimulated desorption. Despite advances, previous remote sensing and space mission data have not conclusively disentangled the contributions of these processes.

Jan 26, 2023 | science.org | Aereas Aung |James Albert |David M. Lapola |Nicole X. Nie

LATEST NEWS Nucleosynthetic anomalies in meteoritesThe origins of the material that accreted to form Earth can be constrained using meteorites that contain leftover material from planet formation. Nucleosynthetic anomalies are small differences in isotope ratios left by incomplete mixing of presolar material.