Carnegie Science

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon and the samples the crew carried home have been changing how we understand our Moon and Solar System for decades. They showed us that planets are born hot and violent, that the Moon's dark basins are impact scars rather than ancient seas, and —thanks to work by the late Carnegie geochemist Erik Hauri—that the Moon isn't the bone-dry world we long assumed.

Fifty-seven years later, Carnegie scientists are still finding new answers in those rocks. 🌑 Here are three things we learned from Apollo: bit.ly/4fIv3xk