Something is moving inside of the Moon. Yes, you read that correctly.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    We’ve known the moon has had volcanic activity in the past a partially molten core of iron for quite some time.

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    1 month ago

    Soon the dragon inside the egg that we thought was the moon will hatch. It will stay around our solar system for a while before departing into the unknown.

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    1 month ago

    A recent study from scientists at NASA and the University of Arizona found that a layer of low-viscosity goo sits between the Moon’s rugged mantle and its metal core. This goo is rising and falling beneath the lunar surface — not unlike, say, ocean tides — which they concluded is likely caused by the gravitational push and pull of the Sun and Earth.

    I wonder if it has to be a partial melt. We are finding that many asteroids are loosely bundled rocks. I wonder if maybe the moon has a similar structure. I have no clue how much pressure is under the surface and off it’s enough to fuse everything together.

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    1 month ago

    Stop worrying, everyone. It’s just the Soup Dragon. She’s feeling moody and hasn’t been tending to the volcanic soup pools.

    Major Clanger will soon have it all sorted out.