{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(31)"],"submitter":["Nie NX"],"pubmed_abstract":["The Moon has a tenuous atmosphere produced by space weathering. The short-lived nature of the atoms surrounding the Moon necessitates continuous replenishment from lunar regolith through mechanisms such as micrometeorite impacts, ion sputtering, and photon-stimulated desorption. Despite advances, previous remote sensing and space mission data have not conclusively disentangled the contributions of these processes. Using high-precision potassium (K) and rubidium (Rb) isotopic analyses of lunar soils from the Apollo missions, our study sheds light on the lunar surface-atmosphere evolution over billions of years. The observed correlation between K and Rb isotopic ratios (δ 87Rb = 0.17 δ 41K) indicates that, over long timescales, micrometeorite impact vaporization is the primary source of atom"],"journal":["Science advances"],"pagination":["eadm7074"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11296337"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Lunar soil record of atmosphere loss over eons."],"pmcid":["PMC11296337"],"pubmed_authors":["Nie NX","Zhang ZJ","Hopp T","Sarantos M","Dauphas N"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Lunar soil record of atmosphere loss over eons.","description":"The Moon has a tenuous atmosphere produced by space weathering. The short-lived nature of the atoms surrounding the Moon necessitates continuous replenishment from lunar regolith through mechanisms such as micrometeorite impacts, ion sputtering, and photon-stimulated desorption. Despite advances, previous remote sensing and space mission data have not conclusively disentangled the contributions of these processes. Using high-precision potassium (K) and rubidium (Rb) isotopic analyses of lunar soils from the Apollo missions, our study sheds light on the lunar surface-atmosphere evolution over billions of years. The observed correlation between K and Rb isotopic ratios (δ 87Rb = 0.17 δ 41K) indicates that, over long timescales, micrometeorite impact vaporization is the primary source of atom","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Aug","modification":"2025-04-19T20:46:39.495Z","creation":"2025-02-19T02:27:45.654Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11296337","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39093970"],"doi":["10.1126/sciadv.adm7074"]}}