Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Moon’s Surface Shaped By ‘Recent’ Gas Release?
Brown University (USA), 20 November: ‘Fresh’ features spotted on the Moon’s surface may have been formed from within as little as 10 million years ago, a paper in this week’s Nature proposes.
Peter Schultz and colleagues describe unusually fresh-appearing surface features, and propose that they were formed as gases escaped from deep-seated fractures within the Moon.
The discovery may explain why both the Apollo and Lunar Prospector missions detected evidence of radon being released from the Moon’s interior. Such areas may offer insights into the Moon’s deep interior and the team suggest they should be sites for further exploration by upcoming missions.
(ResearchSEA)
Peter Schultz and colleagues describe unusually fresh-appearing surface features, and propose that they were formed as gases escaped from deep-seated fractures within the Moon.
The discovery may explain why both the Apollo and Lunar Prospector missions detected evidence of radon being released from the Moon’s interior. Such areas may offer insights into the Moon’s deep interior and the team suggest they should be sites for further exploration by upcoming missions.
(ResearchSEA)
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