Scientists find gasses from Earth in rocks from early Moon

Moon meteorites found on Earth contain trace gasses that lend further support to the widely held belief that our largest natural satellite formed from chunks of our planet that were ejected in a massive impact. Patrizia Will, a doctoral research student at ETH Zurich, studied six separate Moon rocks picked up by NASA in …

[Phones Sheridan]

So scientists on Earth, detect chemical compounds found on Earth, in rocks found on Earth.

Does that pretty much sum it up?

[Yes Me]

No

[Spherical Cow]

Summing up does not mean deliberately omitting the most important bit.

[gandalfcn]

That actually sums something up. Hint, it isn't the science or the scientists.

[ravenviz]

It's fabulous how we can unravel the history of the solar system bit it by bit, and it gets ever more variable and surprising! For whatever reason or successive chain of supporting events we are privileged enough to be here to try and work it out.

[Spherical Cow]

Space Ping-Pong

Formed on Earth, then knocked into space by a huge impact to become part of the moon, then knocked into space again by another impact sending them back to earth: that's pretty amazing stuff! I just hope the next exchange happens after I'm gone.

[Winkypop]

Re: Space Ping-Pong

I’m pretty sure it’s now illegal under Brexit.

Or, at least, too much paper work.

[ravenviz]

Re: Space Ping-Pong

And all in 6000 years!

[gandalfcn]

Re: Space Ping-Pong

Ussher was a great statistician!

[Danny 2]

Origins of life

I was trying to breed tens of thousands of cockroaches to invade and destroy Britain's nuclear armed subs. Nobody approved of this but I needed to know how.

My niece had a zoology degree, probably still has, so I asked her how to breed tens of thousands of cockroaches. "Well, you take a little boy cockroach and you take a little girl cockroach, and..."

[bpfh]

Heinz?

So homo erectus was partial for a swift beans on toast when they couldn’t catch a mammoth for tea?

[M.V. Lipvig]

Sounds sketchy

Helium and neon are not found only on Earth. Saying that the Moon gases are of Earth origin because they're present is not science, it barely qualifies as a guess. They'll need more than saying they're present to prove it.

That, of course, will be difficult to prove, but I guess talk is cheaper. But for all we know, the Moon was supposed to be the 10th planet (or 11th, what with the asteroid belt) but was caught up by a faster growing Earth's gravitational pull and lost the race.

What I'd like to see in my lifetime is a mission to the asteroid belt to bring back some samples, and have them compared to Moon regolith. It would be interesting to see if the Moon actually came from there.

[Loyal Commenter]

Re: Sounds sketchy

1) Isotopic analysis.

2) Gravity doesn't work like that.

[johnfbw]

Re: Sounds sketchy

Sounds like people who have devoted many years to this exact subject have come up with a theory of the most likely cause, based on present knowledge

Scientists often say stuff we don't understand (and often have to dumb it down for journalists)

[fishman]

Re: Sounds sketchy

..... And then the journalists either get it wrong, or try to sensationalize it.

[Scott 53]

Re: Sounds sketchy

Wish granted

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIRIS-REx

[M.V. Lipvig]

Re: Sounds sketchy

Yes, but no. The asteroid belt is between Mars and Jupiter while Bennu is between Earth and Mars. Neat looking mission though, and will be looking forward to the results of that one as well.

For the rest of you, no idea why so many downvotes. All collected data is valuable, and hard data is better than theories. I just don't think the presence of helium and neon is evidence of origin. Unless it was the implication that Pluto is a planet, which as far as I'm concerned it is. If it was big enough to be found back when the Model T was considered advanced technology, it qualifies to be grandfathered in as a planet.

[gandalfcn]

Re: Sounds sketchy

Sounds trolly

[adam 40]

What no boffins?

As no boffins collaborated in this research, I find it quite dubious/sketchy too...

Paris because she looks hot in a lab coat....>

WHAT - WHERE IS PARIS????

[FBee]

Earth, Gasses, Moon...and Grateful Dead

Deadheads are everywhere. Cosmic!

[gandalfcn]

But what about gases?