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Mar 22, 2012
Cosmic Rays Alter Chemistry of Lunar Ice
Space scientists from UNH, working as part of a multi-institutional team, have quantified levels of radiation on the moon’s surface from galactic cosmic ray (GCR) bombardment that over time causes chemical changes in water ice and can create complex carbon chains similar to those that help form the foundations of biological structures. In addition, the radiation process causes the lunar... Read morePosted in: Space Science, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
Tags: 2012, CRaTER instrument, EOS, galactic cosmic ray bombardment, Institute for the Study of Earth-Oceans-Space, NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. LRO, Space Science Center