Analysis of lunar samples: Implications for planet formation and evolution

Chang’E-4 initial spectroscopic identification of lunar far-side mantle-derived materials

(2019) Chunlai Li et al.   NATURE

Near/far side asymmetry in the tidally heated Moon

(2019) Alice C. Quillen et al.   ICARUS

The Origin of the Moon Within a Terrestrial Synestia

(2018) Simon J. Lock et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Lunar Swirl Morphology Constrains the Geometry, Magnetization, and Origins of Lunar Magnetic Anomalies

(2018) Douglas J. Hemingway et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Cataclysm No More: New Views on the Timing and Delivery of Lunar Impactors

(2017) Nicolle E. B. Zellner   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

The origin of inner Solar System water

(2017) Conel M. O'D. Alexander   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

A two-billion-year history for the lunar dynamo

(2017) Sonia M. Tikoo et al.   Science Advances

Do lunar and meteoritic archives record temporal variations in the composition of solar wind noble gases and nitrogen? A reassessment in the light of Genesis data

(2016) Rainer Wieler   CHEMIE DER ERDE-GEOCHEMISTRY

Oxygen isotopic evidence for vigorous mixing during the Moon-forming giant impact

(2016) E. D. Young et al.   SCIENCE

Magmatic volatiles (H, C, N, F, S, Cl) in the lunar mantle, crust, and regolith: Abundances, distributions, processes, and reservoirs

(2015) Francis M. McCubbin et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Ru isotope heterogeneity in the solar protoplanetary disk

(2015) Mario Fischer-Gödde et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Sm–Nd systematics of lunar ferroan anorthositic suite rocks: Constraints on lunar crust formation

(2015) Maud Boyet et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Tungsten isotopic evidence for disproportional late accretion to the Earth and Moon

(2015) Mathieu Touboul et al.   NATURE

EARTHSHINE ON A YOUNG MOON: EXPLAINING THE LUNAR FARSIDE HIGHLANDS

(2014) Arpita Roy et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Constraints on the formation age and evolution of the Moon from 142Nd–143Nd systematics of Apollo 12 basalts

(2014) Claire L. McLeod et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Lunar feldspathic meteorites: Constraints on the geology of the lunar highlands, and the origin of the lunar crust

(2014) Juliane Gross et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

A young solidification age for the lunar magma ocean

(2014) Amy M. Gaffney et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

A review of lunar chronology revealing a preponderance of 4.34-4.37 Ga ages

(2014) Lars E. Borg et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

The impact environment of the Hadean Earth

(2013) Oleg Abramov et al.   CHEMIE DER ERDE-GEOCHEMISTRY

Isotopic evidence for chondritic Lu/Hf and Sm/Nd of the Moon

(2013) Peter Sprung et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Asymmetric Distribution of Lunar Impact Basins Caused by Variations in Target Properties

(2013) K. Miljkovic et al.   SCIENCE

Asymmetric thermal evolution of the Moon

(2013) M. Laneuville et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Magma Oceans in the Inner Solar System

(2012) Linda T. Elkins-Tanton   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Back to the Moon: The scientific rationale for resuming lunar surface exploration

(2012) I.A. Crawford et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Forming a Moon with an Earth-like Composition via a Giant Impact

(2012) R. M. Canup   SCIENCE

Making the Moon from a Fast-Spinning Earth: A Giant Impact Followed by Resonant Despinning

(2012) M. Cuk et al.   SCIENCE

The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL

(2012) M. A. Wieczorek et al.   SCIENCE

Stable-isotopic anomalies and the accretionary assemblage of the Earth and Mars: A subordinate role for carbonaceous chondrites

(2011) Paul H. Warren   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Lunar Magma Ocean crystallization revisited: Bulk composition, early cumulate mineralogy, and the source regions of the highlands Mg-suite

(2011) Stephen M. Elardo et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Osmium isotope and highly siderophile element constraints on ages and nature of meteoritic components in ancient lunar impact rocks

(2011) Mario Fischer-Gödde et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

High Pre-Eruptive Water Contents Preserved in Lunar Melt Inclusions

(2011) E. H. Hauri et al.   SCIENCE

Lunar Palaeoregolith Deposits as Recorders of the Galactic Environment of the Solar System and Implications for Astrobiology

(2010) Ian A. Crawford et al.   EARTH MOON AND PLANETS

Preservation potential of implanted solar wind volatiles in lunar paleoregolith deposits buried by lava flows

(2010) Sarah A. Fagents et al.   ICARUS

Ages and stratigraphy of lunar mare basalts in Mare Frigoris and other nearside maria based on crater size-frequency distribution measurements

(2010) H. Hiesinger et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Re-evaluating 142Nd/144Nd in lunar mare basalts with implications for the early evolution and bulk Sm/Nd of the Moon

(2009) Alan D. Brandon et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Contributors to chromium isotope variation of meteorites

(2009) Liping Qin et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Osmium isotope and highly siderophile element systematics of lunar impact melt breccias: Implications for the late accretion history of the Moon and Earth

(2008) Igor S. Puchtel et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Volatile content of lunar volcanic glasses and the presence of water in the Moon’s interior

(2008) Alberto E. Saal et al.   NATURE