As the core of Earth’s only natural satellite cools, it causes shriveling, creating ripples tens of meters high across its surface
The constancy of the moon in the night sky belies a more volatile reality, researchers said in new Nasa-funded research.
As the core of the Earth’s only natural satellite cools, the moon is shrinking, causing it to shrivel. That creates ripples tens of meters high, called thrust faults, across the moon’s surface.
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