NASA'S LRO exposes moon's complex, turbulent youth
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 04:21
in Astronomy & Space
The moon was bombarded by two distinct populations of asteroids or comets in its youth, and its surface is more complex than previously thought, according to new results from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft featured in three papers appearing in the Sept. 17 issue of Science...