Nicolas Dauphas

NASA moon rocks help form new picture of early moon and Earth Object hitting Earth illustration

NASA moon rocks help form new picture of early moon and Earth

50 years later, UChicago scientists continue to decode moon’s mysteries Astronaut Harrison Schmitt

50 years later, UChicago scientists continue to decode moon’s mysteries

Land rising above the sea 2.4 billion years ago transformed Earth’s life, climate Land

Land rising above the sea 2.4 billion years ago transformed Earth’s life, climate

Research suggests water appeared while Earth was still growing Planet collision

Research suggests water appeared while Earth was still growing

Scientists describe how solar system could have formed in bubble around giant star

Scientists describe how solar system could have formed in bubble around giant star

Study suggests tectonic plates began moving half a billion years earlier than thought

Study suggests tectonic plates began moving half a billion years earlier than thought

Research proposes new theories about nature of Earth’s iron

Research proposes new theories about nature of Earth’s iron

Isotopic similarities seen in materials that formed Earth, moon

Isotopic similarities seen in materials that formed Earth, moon

Solar system could have evolved from poorly mixed elemental soup

Solar system could have evolved from poorly mixed elemental soup

Cosmochemists find evidence of rare element in early solar system

Cosmochemists find evidence of rare element in early solar system