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Sticks 20-08-2010 06:19 PM
The Moon is Shrinking
 
This in from NASA

Quote:
NASA's LRO Reveals 'Incredible Shrinking Moon'
08.19.10

Newly discovered cliffs in the lunar crust indicate the moon shrank globally in the geologically recent past and might still be shrinking today, according to a team analyzing new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. The results provide important clues to the moon's recent geologic and tectonic evolution.

The moon formed in a chaotic environment of intense bombardment by asteroids and meteors. These collisions, along with the decay of radioactive elements, made the moon hot. The moon cooled off as it aged, and scientists have long thought the moon shrank over time as it cooled, especially in its early history. The new research reveals relatively recent tectonic activity connected to the long-lived cooling and associated contraction of the lunar interior.

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:shocked:

Patrick 20-08-2010 06:42 PM
Oh I say... :shocked:

Ninastar 20-08-2010 06:46 PM
that is one confusing article

Patrick 20-08-2010 06:49 PM
http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/wp-cont...n-bb-20102.jpg

Can ya believe it?

_Seth 20-08-2010 06:53 PM
I'll prolly be dead by the time it affects me so I don't give a fig. :L

GypsyGoth 20-08-2010 06:54 PM
Stupid moon :cloud:

Scarlett. 20-08-2010 07:01 PM
It's not a moon....IT'S A DEATH STAR!

arista 20-08-2010 07:22 PM
Its Dead
and still will out live us.

Sticks 20-08-2010 07:33 PM
I wonder if it is because it has not had it's Jimmy Dean breakfast :joker:

Youtube video


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BB_Eye 20-08-2010 08:26 PM
I'm guessing by "geologically recent" they mean a couple of hundred million years ago.

dudus 23-08-2010 12:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chewy (Post 3690180)
It's not a moon....IT'S A DEATH STAR!
u know what, you could be right there mate

Livia 05-09-2010 03:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BB_Eye (Post 3690734)
I'm guessing by "geologically recent" they mean a couple of hundred million years ago.
Exactly. And in the phrase "...and might still be shrinking today", the operative word is "might".

Jayson 05-09-2010 04:00 PM
Massive apocalypse orgy at my place.

Shasown 05-09-2010 04:16 PM
We're all doomed, doomed I tell you.


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