Triple Oxygen Isotopes of Lunar Water Unveil Indigenous and Cometary Heritage

Triple Oxygen Isotopes of Lunar Water Reveal Indigenous and Cometary Heritage The origin of water on the Moon has long been a pivotal question in planetary science, especially with the increasing need for water resources in the race to establish lunar bases. Potential sources of lunar water include indigenous lunar components, water production by s...

Oxygen Isotope Identity of the Earth and Moon with Implications for the Formation of the Moon and Source of Volatiles

The Oxygen Isotope Identity of the Earth and Moon with Implications for the Formation of the Moon and Source of Volatiles Academic Background The isotopic similarity between Earth and Moon rocks has long been a significant puzzle in geochemistry and cosmochemistry, contradicting prevailing models of Moon formation, particularly the “Giant Impact Th...

Exploring, Sampling, and Interpreting Lunar Volatiles in Polar Cold Traps

Exploring, Sampling, and Interpreting Lunar Volatiles in Polar Cold Traps

Exploring, Sampling, and Interpreting Lunar Volatiles in Polar Cold Traps Academic Background The permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) at the lunar poles, along with other surface volatile deposits, are critical sampling targets for future human missions to the Moon. These volatiles hold significant scientific value and could potentially shift strat...

Long-baseline Quantum Sensor Network as Dark Matter Haloscope

Long-baseline Quantum Sensor Network as a Dark Matter Haloscope Academic Background Ultralight dark photons, as one of the significant candidates for dark matter, have attracted extensive theoretical and experimental attention. According to the kinetic mixing mechanism, when dark photons couple with standard model photons, coherent electromagnetic ...