Mysterious large mass discovered on Moon bewilders scientists: 'Whatever it is, wherever it came from' - News Summed Up

Mysterious large mass discovered on Moon bewilders scientists: 'Whatever it is, wherever it came from'


A large mass of unknown material has been discovered on the largest crater on the Moon and scientists aren't sure what it is. "Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground. MYSTERIOUS LIGHT FLASHES ON THE MOON HAVE BEEN BAFFLING RESEARCHERS FOR DECADESAt roughly 1,550 miles in diameter, the Lunar South Pole-Aitken basin covers approximately one-fourth of the Moon's surface, according to NASA. "When we combined that with lunar topography data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we discovered the unexpectedly large amount of mass hundreds of miles underneath the South Pole-Aitken basin," James said. The anomaly – "whatever it is, wherever it came from," James added – is weighing down the basin floor by more than half a mile.


Source: Fox News June 10, 2019 16:07 UTC



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