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Lunar sample tells ancient story with help of Curtin’s world-class facilities
Curtin University researchers have helped uncover the four billion year old story of a lunar sample brought from the Moon to Earth, by the manned Apollo 17 mission more than 50 years ago.
Apollo 17 Mission: NASA/ Gene Cernan
The global research collaboration, involving scientists from the UK, Canada, Sweden and Australia, aimed to analyse the ancient rock sample through a modern lens to find out its age, which crater it came from and its geological trajectory.
That modern lens was provided, in part, by both Curtin’s Geoscience Atom Probe Facility and Space Science and Technology Centre (SSTC) where the research team was able to use the most advanced analytical equipment to accurately date the sample and perform sophisticated numerical impact simulations to determine the source crater.
iTWire Friday, 11 June 2021 00:58 Lunar sample tells ancient story with Curtin Uni researchers help
Shares Apollo 17 Mission: NASA/Gene Cernan
Curtin University researchers have helped uncover the four billion year old story of a lunar sample brought from the moon to earth, by the manned Apollo 17 mission more than 50 years ago.
The global research collaboration, involving scientists from the UK, Canada, Sweden and Australia, aimed to analyse the ancient rock sample through a modern lens to find out its age, which crater it came from and its geological trajectory.
That modern lens was provided, in part, by both
Curtin University’s Geoscience Atom Probe Facility and Space Science and Technology Centre (SSTC) where the research team was able to use the most advanced analytical equipment to accurately date the sample and perform sophisticated numerical impact simulations to determine the source crater.
High Schools: Hopkinton girls’ lacrosse starts fast, holds off MV for 21-11 win
Published: 5/19/2021 9:50:00 AM
The start of Tuesday’s game was just about perfect for the Hopkinton girls’ lacrosse team – the Hawks scored nine unanswered goals on their home turf against Merrimack Valley. The Pride could have packed it in from there, but MV came back to cut the deficit down to just three goals by halftime.
“The girls knew they couldn’t allow Merrimack Valley to keep that momentum and get back in the game, and in the second half they did just that,” Hopkinton coach Mike Zahn said.
There was a meeting of boys’ lacrosse royalty in Hopkinton on Tuesday afternoon when Derryfield, which has won four straight Division II titles and been to seven straight finals, was in town to visit the three-time defending D-III champion Hawks.For.
Concord High has one of the best tandems in the state at the top of its pitching rotation, and the Crimson Tide dropped both hammers on Friday in Exeter.Concord’s Tyler Wright started and pitched five shutout innings, and when he ran into a little.