Moon Is Unexpectedly Still Cooling and Shrinking

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Scientists have concluded that our moon is probably still in the process of slightly shrinking as it cools.1,2

Photographs from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) showed embankments called scarps on the moon’s surface.3,4 These scarps are caused by a slight contraction of the moon’s crust as it cools. The moon’s cooling creates thrust faults which push up small sections o… More…

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Source: icr.org

    

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