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High-Speed Hydrogen Atoms From the Moon Sunday, June 21, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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Scientists probing the outer reaches of our solar system have hit upon an unusual phenomenon much closer to home. Instruments aboard a NASA spacecraft have detected fast-moving hydrogen atoms emanating from the moon. The atoms, which originated as protons from the sun, may help scientists study the lunar surface and other solar system objects in greater detail than believed possible. (source: sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
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