SPACE
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A HUGE HOT BLOB ON THE MOON
WORDS STEPHANNIE PAPPAS
Recent observations of the Moon’s far side revealed a strange heat anomaly that could be a long-dead volcano
Scientists have discovered a blob of heat on the far side of the Moon. This is likely caused by the radiation from a huge buried mass of granite. “This is more Earth-like than we had imagined can be produced on the Moon, which lacks the water and plate tectonics that help granites form on Earth,” said Matt Siegler of the Planetary Science Institute, Arizona.