The Moon and the early Earth

Impact spherules as a record of an ancient heavy bombardment of Earth

(2012) B. C. Johnson et al.   NATURE

An Archaean heavy bombardment from a destabilized extension of the asteroid belt

(2012) William F. Bottke et al.   NATURE

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

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

Direct Detection of Projectile Relics from the End of the Lunar Basin-Forming Epoch

(2012) K. H. Joy et al.   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

Constraints on the flux of meteoritic and cometary water on the Moon from volatile element (N–Ar) analyses of single lunar soil grains, Luna 24 core

(2011) Evelyn Füri et al.   ICARUS

Distribution of Impact Locations and Velocities of Earth Meteorites on the Moon

(2010) John C. Armstrong   EARTH MOON AND PLANETS

Hypervelocity Impact Experiments in the Laboratory Relating to Lunar Astrobiology

(2010) M. J. Burchell 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

Viscosity of MgSiO3 Liquid at Earth's Mantle Conditions: Implications for an Early Magma Ocean

(2010) B. B. Karki et al.   SCIENCE

Thermodynamics of silicate liquids in the deep Earth

(2009) Lars Stixrude et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

On the Survivability and Detectability of Terrestrial Meteorites on the Moon

(2008) Ian A. Crawford et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY