Fact #041
Geology
The Moon has no global magnetic field today, but its oldest rocks are magnetised, so it used to have one.
Apollo samples carry a frozen-in record of a field comparable to Earth's, which means the Moon once had a churning molten core generating a dynamo. That died out over a billion years ago. The leftover patches of magnetised crust are strong enough to deflect solar wind in places.
Source: Apollo sample paleomagnetism, NASA (opens in a new tab) · checked Aug 2026