mare
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The researchers examined the chemical compositions of three types of lunar rock: anorthosites, Mg-suite rocks, and mare basalts.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
“The expectation is that…the mare will acquire sprinter-like characteristics that she did not previously have, while maintaining her other exceptional traits,” said Gabriel Vichera, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Kheiron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Another class of landforms, small mare ridges, has also been identified.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
In 2004 former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi even expressed his support for the mare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
He blinked at her, perhaps surprised himself, then murmured to the mare, jumped down.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
The close-up image of the Moon's surface includes dark areas known as maria and bright areas known as the highlands.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The research team set out to systematically map these ridges across the lunar maria and investigate their role in recent tectonic activity.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
For the first time, scientists show that these ridges are relatively young and spread widely across the lunar maria, the broad, dark plains visible from Earth.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
It has a thicker crust, more craters and fewer maria, or plains where lava once flowed.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Everywhere she turned she saw faces twisted into monstrous inhuman maria.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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