Feb. 19, 2012 at 9:44pm with 154 notes
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the-star-stuff: X-rays reveal why the Moon has no volcanoes The Moon is an almost completely still world, its eternal peace and quiet disrupted only by the occasional meteor or Apollo astronaut. But we now know there’s plenty of magma inside the Moon. So why are there no volcanoes? Via Nature Geosciences. Image from Apollo 17 via NASA.

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X-rays reveal why the Moon has no volcanoes

The Moon is an almost completely still world, its eternal peace and quiet disrupted only by the occasional meteor or Apollo astronaut. But we now know there’s plenty of magma inside the Moon. So why are there no volcanoes?

Via Nature Geosciences. Image from Apollo 17 via NASA.

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    X-rays reveal why the Moon has no volcanoes
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    It’s also very likely hollow. That’s not conspiracy.
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