Curtin geologists make a ‘shocking’ discovery

[David Entwistle]

Curtin University media release regarding their work on lunar samples.

Research led by Curtin University geologists has uncovered a wealth of new evidence in the mineral zircon from lunar rock samples recovered during NASA’s Apollo missions, revealing indisputable proof of meteorite collisions on the Moon.

Headed by microstructural geology experts Dr Nick Timms and Professor Steven Reddy of the Western Australian School of Mines (WASM), the study documents the discovery of impact-related shock features in lunar zircon, giving scientists a new conceptual framework to explain the history and timing of meteorite impact events in our solar system....