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Researchers from the Open University, working with colleagues from University College London and Diamond Light Source, have revealed in a new paper how seemingly simple salts on the surface of the Solar System’s icy moons can provide important clues about their interior workings.

A new project, led by Dr Alessandra Marino, has received a grant with a value of £1.245m from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to trial an integrated governance approach to protect the Moon and its sites of interest. MoonRISE: Re‑Imagining Space Environments brings together a range of scholars from different disciplines to answer a pressing question: how do we safeguard the Moon at a time of intensified exploration?

Two new research papers are offering insights into both the search for life beyond the Earth and the future of human activity on the Moon.