Erik Hauri, who found water on the Moon, dies at 52
Washington, DC— Carnegie geochemist Erik Hauri, whose work upended our understanding of the Moon’s formation and the importance of water in Earth’s interior, died Wednesday in North Potomac, MD, following a battle with cancer. He was 52. Hauri joined Carnegie as a staff scientist in 1994 and spent nearly 25 years investigating the geochemistry of …