a team of scientists has shed light on part of its internal structure that had until now remained a mystery: the Moon has a solid core, like the Earth. In addition to this discovery, they also present evidence that explains the presence of iron-rich materials in the lunar crust. The team...
If, hypothetically, the moon were to crash into Earth, the consequences would be dire for all life. To put it into perspective, the asteroid that caused the extinction of dinosaurs was approximately 12 km in diameter, whereas the moon has a diameter of about [2,174 miles] 3,500 km — ...
Internal Structure of the MoonThe moon has an internal structure similar to Earth's with crust, mantle and core.Republished from a January, 2011 press release by NASA.Moon's Internal Structure: An artist's rendering of the lunar core as identified in findings by a NASA-led research team. ...
Deep below the Earth's crust, molten rock rises and falls, driving the movement of tectonic plates on our planet's surface — and for some time, researchers have debated whether the moon also has a molten layer of rock sandwiched between its core and solid exterior. New evidence, based ...
Seismological models from Apollo missions provided the first records of the Moon inner structure with a decrease in seismic wave velocities at the core–mantle boundary1,2,3. The resolution of these records prevents a strict detection of a putative lunar solid inner core and the impact of the ...
But evidence from Clementine suggested that there may be water ice in some deep craters near the Moon's south pole which 16、are permanently shaded. This has now been reinforcedby data from Lunar Prospector. There isapparently ice at the north pole as well. A final determination will ...
Much of the moon's heat was lost during this period. (Because the moon's crust is slightly thinner on the side that faces the Earth, lava could erupt more easily to fill the maria basins. This explains why there are more maria on the near side of the moon compared to the far side....
On June 1, Chang'e 6 touched down softly near the Lunar South Pole. This was the second time China achieved this feat, and they remain the only nation to have done so. China just landed a probe on the far side of the Moon - this time nearer the south pole, to gather volcanic samp...
But evidence from Clementine suggested that there may be water ice in some deep craters near the Moon's south pole which are permanently17 shaded. This has now been reinforced by data from Lunar Prospector. There is apparently18 ice at the north pole as well. A final determination will ...
Galaxy clusters contain vast amounts of hot ionized gas known as the intracluster medium (ICM). In relaxed cluster cores, the radiative cooling time of the ICM is shorter than the age of the cluster. However, the absence of line emission associated with