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The oldest evidence of Earth's atmosphere may be hiding in rocks on the moon

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Lunar rocks that Apollo astronauts brought back to Earth 50 years ago show signs of magnetism.

The moon has not had a magnetic field for at least 4.36 billion years .

That's exciting, because it means the moon could hold a record of Earth 's earliest existence.