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LPI Education and Public Engagement

The LPI Education and Public Engagement team brings the excitement of Earth and planetary science and exploration to diverse audiences.

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New Discoveries with Old Moon Rocks

Lunar rocks can also be found here on Earth. Lunar meteorites are pieces of rock broken off the Moon during impacts.

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LRO Explores the Moon

The Marius Hills region is known for its diversity of volcanic landforms: extensive mare basalt plains, small shield volcanoes, steep-sided cones of cinder and spatter, and sinuous rilles.

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GRAIL Explores the Moon

The Orientale basin is the youngest large impact basin on the Moon.

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Xenoliths in Meteorites

Ureilites are meteorites from a differentiated asteroid (with a crust and mantle).

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The First Billion Years

Learn more about LPI's series of topical conferences emphasizing fundamental processes during The First Billlion Years.

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