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John Tarduno

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Professor of Geophysics, University of Rochester

Scientists have been studying lunar samples brought back from Apollo missions to understand the geologic history of the Moon. NASA

August 4, 2021

Moon lacked a magnetic field for nearly all its history – new research resolves mystery sparked by rocks brought back on Apollo

John Tarduno, University of Rochester

Without a magnetic field, the Moon’s surface is exposed to solar wind. These could have been depositing resources like water and potential rocket fuel on the Moon’s surface for billions of years.

What’s north would become south. NASA

February 18, 2017

Does an anomaly in the Earth’s magnetic field portend a coming pole reversal?

John Tarduno, University of Rochester and Vincent Hare, University of Rochester

Are we headed to a magnetic reversal and all the global disruption that would bring? Enter archaeomagnetism. A look at the archaeological record in southern Africa provides some clues.

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