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The rock that sprayed 'fairy dust' on moon, New Scientist, 3/9/2012

Primitive attraction: Magnetized moon rock points to lunar core's active past, Scientific American, 1/26/2012

Most pristine known asteroid is denser than granite, New Scientist, 10/27/2011

Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman Season 1 Episode 5: How did we get here?7/7/2010

Cold asteroids may have a soft heart, MIT News, 4/8/2011

Explained - Dynamo theory, MIT News, 3/15/2010

Ancient meteorites reveal early magnetic fields, Earth Magazine, 1/21/09

Apollo rock reveals Moon had molten core , Universe Today, 1/15/09

Attractive theory: Magnetized Moon rock offers clue to lunar origin, Scientific American, 1/15/09

Moon rock reveals hot molten core, Wired, 1/15/09

Radio interview on the show "Naked Scientists", BBC Radio

Frühes Sonnensystem hatte Mini-Planeten, Der Spiegel, 10/31/08

Magnetic fields record the early histories of planets, Tech Talk, 10/5/08

Ten years later, few experts believe Mars meteorite contains traces of life, Associated Press, 8/06/06

Meteorites reveal extended deep-freeze on Mars, New Scientist, 7/21/05

Life existed in Mars at early and middle stage, The International Reporter, 7/25/05

Ancient time capsule reveals Martian past, New Scientist, 8/31/02

Mars rock could have carried life, study shows, Reuters/The New York Times, 10/27/00

What drove Moon's magnetic field?, Skymania, 3/14/2012

A Vesta core and a magnetic field, too?, Science, 12/23/11

Battered asteroid may have warm core, MIT News, 10/28/2011

Podcast: Dating rocks on Earth and Mars, Boston Museum of Science, 8/5/2011

Reading Earth’s magnetic history, MIT News, 3/4/2011

3 Questions: Ben Weiss discusses what a wet Moon might mean, MIT News, 9/30/2009

Rock suggests early Moon’s fiery core churned a magnetic field , The New York Times, 1/21/09

Lunar rock opens door to Moon's past, Science Now, 1/15/09

Source of Moon's magnetism found, Space.com, 1/15/09

Moon rock research solves some longtime puzzles, San Francisco Chronicle, 1/16/09

Ancient meteorites give clues to planet formation, Space.com, 10/30/08

First planets lived fast and died young, Science Now, 10/30/08

We had the MIT homepage for a day!, MIT Homepage

Martian meteorites record surface temperatures on Mars, Planetary Science Research Discoveries, 7/29/05

Meteorites provide clues to history of Mars scientists' findings jolt long-held views on planet's climate, San Francisco Chronicle, 7/22/05

When these friends get together, the talk is rarely small, The New York Times, 3/07/04

Martians landing on Earth? If you mean bacteria, maybe, New York Times, 10/31/00

Life on Earth could have come from a Mars rock, Space.com, 10/26/00