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A colossal asteroid may have warped the moon from the inside out
The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.
Our nearest neighbor, the moon, is still something of a mystery to us. For decades, scientists have wondered why it appears ...
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The Moon Is Lopsided, and a Rare Lunar Rock May Help Explain Why
The near side of the Moon, which faces the Earth, is thinner, while the mysterious far side is crammed with thick layers of ...
According to observations of young ridges see on the far side, Earth's moon is not geologically dead, as previously believed.
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Why the moon looks 'two-faced,' scientists finally have the answer
Scientists may have finally cracked a decades-old mystery about the Moon’s uneven surface. A new analysis of dust collected ...
Researchers have also suggested that an asteroid impact triggered the moon’s lopsidedness. Now, lunar rock and soil samples ...
The small chunk of rock could be telling us that many of the moon’s largest impacts happened over 4.25 billion years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
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