Chang’e-6 samples reveal how Earth slows solar wind striking Moon’s near side

The Moon has been bathed in solar wind for billions of years, but the two hemispheres are struck by solar wind of different speeds and energies. Now, research based on China’s Chang’e-6 samples reveals that Earth’s magnetosphere has shaped this difference. The study was published in Nature Geoscience.

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