Neue Analyse von Apollo-Mondproben klärt die Debatte endgültig: „Seit Jahrzehnten streiten Wissenschaftler darüber, ob der Mond in seiner frühen Geschichte (vor 3,5 bis 4 Milliarden Jahren) ein starkes oder schwaches Magnetfeld hatte.“ Nun zeigt eine neue Analyse, dass beide Seiten der Debatte faktisch Recht haben. »
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-02-26-solved-new-analysis-apollo-moon-samples-finally-settles-debate-about-moons-magnetic
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>We now believe that for the vast majority of the Moon’s history, its magnetic field has been weak, which is consistent with our understanding of dynamo theory. But that for very short periods of time – no more than 5,000 years, but possibly as short as a few decades – melting of titanium-rich rocks at the Moon’s core-mantle boundary resulted in the generation of a very strong field.
Reference: Nichols, C.I.O., Wade, J. & Stephenson, S.N. An intermittent dynamo linked to high-titanium volcanism on the Moon. Nat. Geosci. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01929-y