Andie Posted June 13, 2019 Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 June 11, 2019Researchers have discovered something massive lurking underneath the far side of the moon: a mysterious blob with the mass akin to a pile of metal five times the size of the Big Island of Hawaii. The structure, described in a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters, sits at least 180 miles beneath the South Pole-Aitken basin—a colossal crater punched into the lunar landscape billions of years ago, when the moon's initially molten surface had cooled just enough for impacts to leave a lasting mark. Core relic?The team suggests two possibilities to explain the subsurface mass. First, it could be remnants of dense oxides that formed in the final stages of cooling back when the moon was covered in ancient magma oceans. But the researchers don't have a mechanism to precisely explain the formation of such a layer specifically under the basin. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/06/massive-blob-discovered-moon-surface/ False color image Quote Before You Diagnose Yourself With Depression or Low Self-Esteem,...First Make Sure You Are Not In Fact, Just Surrounded By A$$holes. “If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell.” Gen. Sheridan 1866 2018 Rainfall - 62.65" High Temp. - 110.03* Low Temp. - 8.4* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie Posted June 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 The moon may be tectonically active, and geologists are shaken. A new look at Apollo-era seismic data revealed that the moon's insides might be warmer than scientists thought possible. “The whole idea that a 4.6-billion-year-old rocky body like the moon has managed to stay hot enough in the interior and produce this network of faults just flies in the face of conventional wisdom,” says study coauthor Thomas Watters of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/05/moon-may-be-tectonically-active-geologists-shaken-apollo-moonquakes/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0362-2 Quote Before You Diagnose Yourself With Depression or Low Self-Esteem,...First Make Sure You Are Not In Fact, Just Surrounded By A$$holes. “If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell.” Gen. Sheridan 1866 2018 Rainfall - 62.65" High Temp. - 110.03* Low Temp. - 8.4* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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