Gretchen Benedix

Artist’s concept of an Artemis astronaut picking up lunar dust. NASA's Advanced Concepts Laboratory

August 29, 2022

NASA is launching the 1st stage of the Artemis mission – here’s why humans are going back to the Moon

Gretchen Benedix, Curtin University

Why is humanity going back to the Moon after 50 years? Because we can, and we should.

CNSA Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center

October 7, 2021

We shaved a billion years off the age of the youngest known Moon rocks, and rewrote lunar geological history

Alexander Nemchin, Curtin University and Gretchen Benedix, Curtin University

Volcanic Moon rocks collected by a Chinese probe last year are around 2 billion years old, a new analysis shows. That’s a billion years younger than those brought back by the Apollo and Luna missions.

This digital false-colour image shows the dark, narrow streaks on Martian slopes inferred to be formed by seasonal flow of water on the planet. The streaks are roughly the length of a football field. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona

September 29, 2015

There is water on Mars, but what does this mean for life?

Phil Bland, Curtin University and Gretchen Benedix, Curtin University

Now that we have discovered liquid water on the surface of Mars, what does this mean for the prospects of finding life there, past or present?

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NASA is launching the 1st stage of the Artemis mission – here’s why humans are going back to the Moon

We shaved a billion years off the age of the youngest known Moon rocks, and rewrote lunar geological history

There is water on Mars, but what does this mean for life?

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