Presolar moissanite grains are stellar fossils that act as messengers from the cosmos. Nan Liu explores the ways moissanite enables cosmochemists to investigate the origin and evolution of our Solar System and beyond.
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Liu, N. Galactic messages carried by moissanite. Nat. Geosci. 18, 377 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01682-8
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