Thin slice of a rock shattered by asteroid impacts

Thin slice of a rock shattered by asteroid impacts
Thin slice of a rock shattered by asteroid impacts
A 25 micrometre thin slice of a rock shattered by asteroid impacts in polarised light under a microscope. Studies of the 382 kilograms of rock collected on the six lunar landings reveal how the Moon and Earth evolved in their early days.
Credit:

Washington University, Brad Jolliff

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