Geophysical Research Letters VOL.52 ISSUE 6 | 26 March 2025
Cosmic Rays and the Askaryan Effect Reveal Subsurface Structure and Buried Ice on the Moon
Emily Costello + Andrew Romero-Wolf + Christian Miki ...
We present the first full‐wavelength numerical simulations of the electric field generated by cosmic ray impacts into the Moon. Billions of cosmic rays fall onto the...
Geophysical Research Letters VOL.52 ISSUE 6 | 15 March 2025
The Distribution of Linear Virgae Across the Saturnian Moons
Emily S Martin + Annabelle L Gao + D Alex Patthoff ...
Linear virgae are long (10–100s km), narrow (<5 km), and bright features, first found on the surface of Dione. On Dione, linear virgae run parallel to the...
Geophysical Research Letters VOL.52 ISSUE 6 | 11 March 2025
Mantle Melting Conditions of Mare Lavas on South Pole–Aitken Basin of Lunar Farside
Yishen Zhang + Bernard Charlier + Cin-Ty Lee ...
The understanding of thermal evolution and magmatic history of the Moon has so far been informed by studies of rock samples from the nearside. However, the recently completed...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.130 ISSUE 3 | 10 March 2025
Spatially Resolved Visible Wavelength Spectroscopy of the Galilean Moons With VLT/MUSE
Oliver King + Andrea Hidalgo + Fraser Clarke ...
We present observations of all four Galilean satellites using spatially resolved visible wavelength (475–935 nm) spectroscopic observations with the ground‐based...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.130 ISSUE 2 | 21 February 2025
Constraining 2.0 Ga Volcanism on the Moon via 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Chang'e‐5 Basalts
Fei Su + Huaiyu He + Brian R Jicha ...
The Chang'e‐5 landing site provides an important window into the Moon's late Eratosthenian period of volcanism at ∼2 Ga. Clarifying the Moon's history of...