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A lunar meteorite, NWA 12593, preserves records of three ancient impacts, with the oldest dated to roughly 3.5 billion years ago.

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Moon, Earth, 4 Vesta, northwest Africa

Who
Carolyn Crow, University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder)
What
A lunar meteorite, NWA 12593, preserves records of three ancient impacts, with the oldest dated to roughly 3.5 billion years ago.
When
Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:11:15 GMT · 3h 38m ago
Where
Moon, Earth, 4 Vesta, northwest Africa ·
Why
The meteorite holds fingerprints of three separate collisions that occurred at different moments in the solar system's history.
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