#Moonquakes detected on the #Moon and #scientists believe they conceal something beneath its interior
#Moonquakes detected on the #Moon and #scientists believe they conceal something beneath its interior
Moon Shrinking, New Surface Features Raise Concerns for Future Lunar Missions
The Moon is shrinking, creating over 1,000 new cracks and ridges. This geological change could affect future NASA missions like Artemis III.
#MoonShrinking, #LunarCracks, #NASAArtemis, #Moonquakes, #SpaceGeology
https://newsletter.tf/moon-shrinking-causes-new-cracks-affecting-nasa-landing-sites/
The Moon is shrinking and has over 1,000 new cracks. This is a big change from what scientists thought before.
#MoonShrinking, #LunarCracks, #NASAArtemis, #Moonquakes, #SpaceGeology
https://newsletter.tf/moon-shrinking-causes-new-cracks-affecting-nasa-landing-sites/
The #Starship Human Landing System could be vulnerable to ground acceleration from nearby #moonquakes that would threaten their stability. Short-term missions, such as #Apollo, were relatively low-risk, but longer-duration projects face incrementally higher exposure https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/nicholas-schmerr-helps-identify-moonquake-dangers
The last operational #seismometer transmitted data until 1977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(natural_phenomenon)#Moonquake
Big lunar quakes last longer than they would on Earth https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/moonquakes-and-marsquakes/406516/
A new study shows that seismic activity on the moon could pose risk to long-term lunar infrastructure.
U. of Maryland Geophysicist Helps Identify Moonquake Dangers that Could Threaten Future Missions
A new paper revealed that ground acceleration from moonquakes, rather than meteor impacts, was responsible for shifting lunar landscapes at Taurus-Littrow valley, where Apollo 17 landed in 1972.
https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/nicholas-schmerr-helps-identify-moonquake-dangers
#Moon #geology #moonquake #moonquakes #science #Apollo #space
A new study shows that seismic activity on the moon could pose risk to long-term lunar infrastructure.
#PhotoOfTheDay: #Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
Analyses of seismometers left on the moon during the Apollo moon landings reveal a surprising number of moonquakes occurring within 100 kilometers of the surface.
Pictured here, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands beside a recently deployed lunar seismometer, looking back toward the lunar landing module.
#Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day
WRITER FUEL: A reanalysis of 50-year-old Apollo mission data long abandoned by NASA has revealed 22,000 previously unrecognized moonquakes, almost tripling the known number of seismic lunar events.
https://www.limfic.com/2024/05/08/writer-fuel-the-moon-shakes-a-lot-more-than-we-knew/
#LimFic #LiminalFiction #WriterFuel #Writers #Authors #WritersofMastodon #StoryIdeas #Moon #Moonquakes #Geology
The moon is much more seismically active than we realized, a new study shows. A reanalysis of abandoned data from NASA's Apollo missions has uncovered more than 22,000 previously unknown moonquakes — nearly tripling the total number of known seismic events on the moon. Moonquakes are the lunar equivalent of earthquakes, caused by movement in...