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Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years?

Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years?

  • September 2, 2020
  • UH News
To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon.
UH alumna selected for prestigious planetary science fellowship

UH alumna selected for prestigious planetary science fellowship

  • March 30, 2020
  • UH News
Emily First, PhD graduate at UH Mānoa, will receive $375,000 to support her research to understand the composition of rocky planets across the galaxy.
Water formation on the Moon demonstrated by UH Mānoa scientists

Water formation on the Moon demonstrated by UH Mānoa scientists

  • May 20, 2019
  • UH News
The W.M. Keck Research Laboratory and the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology have collaborated on a project that for the first time has shown chemical, physical and material evidence for water formation on the Moon.
Direct evidence of ice on Moon surface discovered

Direct evidence of ice on Moon surface discovered

  • August 21, 2018
  • UH News
Led by researchers from UH Mānoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, scientists found the first direct evidence of surface-exposed water ice in permanently shaded regions on the Moon.
UH planetary scientists internationally recognized

UH planetary scientists internationally recognized

  • August 6, 2018
  • UH News
Alexander Krot, Linda Martel and Lydia Hallis were were honored at the 81st annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society.
Retracing the origins of a massive, multi-ring crater

Retracing the origins of a massive, multi-ring crater

  • October 28, 2016
  • UH News
An international team of scientists have reconstructed the extreme collision that created one of the moon’s largest craters, 3.8 billion years ago.

Probability of Aleutians mega-earthquake estimated

  • May 13, 2016
  • UH News
Researchers estimate the probability of a magnitude 9+ earthquake in the Aleutian Islands—an event with sufficient power to create a mega-tsunami especially threatening to Hawaiʻi.
Comet Wild 2: A window into the birth of the solar system?

Comet Wild 2: A window into the birth of the solar system?

  • May 13, 2015
  • UH News
Led by Ryan Ogliore at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, a research team investigates the oxygen isotope and mineral composition of the comet dust returned from Wild 2.
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