Recent Volcanic Activity Found on the Moon! A Discovery That Could Change History đđĨ
For decades, scientists believed volcanic activity on the Moon ceased around 2 billion years ago . However, surprising new findings suggest that volcanoes on the Moon may have been active much more recently than we thought— just 120 million years ago! Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University This shocking discovery comes from analyzing lunar rock and soil samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission. The samples collected from the Moon's Oceanus Procellarum region revealed volcanic droplets that were much younger than expected. These findings were recently published in the journal Science and have caused quite a stir in the scientific community. But how did volcanic activity on the Moon last this long? The answer may lie beneath the lunar surface. Some areas of the Moon's interior might have been enriched with heat-producing radioactive elements. These elements could have fueled volcanic eruptions long after most of the Moon's surface had coole...