Nicolas Dauphas

Lunar rocks help scientists pinpoint when the moon crystallized

UChicago scientists study samples from Apollo missions, reveal new details about lunar history

A new study reveals why the moon has a (very thin) atmosphere

University of Chicago, MIT scientists make new breakthrough in decades-long puzzle

Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid

Samples from asteroid Ryugu suggest it’s leftover from formation of the Sun billions of years ago

Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system

Analysis by UChicago scientists reverses earlier findings, suggests large temperature swings