High-speed lunar hydrogen atoms
JUN 26, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023462
ScienceNOW : Scientists probing the outer reaches of our solar system have hit upon an unusual phenomenon much closer to home. Instruments aboard a NASA spacecraft have detected fast-moving hydrogen atoms emanating from the Moon. The atoms, which originated as protons from the Sun, may help scientists study the lunar surface and other solar system objects in greater detail than believed possible.
© 2009 American Institute of Physics
