Radioactive mystery buried beneath the moon’s surface.

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  • Author(s): Crane, Leah (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 7/15/2023, Vol. 259 Issue 3447, p13-13. 2/7p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      LUNAR surface; RADIOACTIVE decay; PLANETARY science; LUNAR craters
    • Abstract:
      Radioactive mystery buried beneath the moon's surface THE far side of the moon is hiding radioactive evidence of an enormous ancient volcano, though exactly how the volcano could have formed remains a mystery. There are a few similar areas on the near side of the moon, but they aren't as large and none of them are quite as radioactive as the one at Compton-Belkovich, probably because they didn't go through as many cycles of melting and cooling - each melting cycle concentrates the radioactive elements in the resulting magma. [Extracted from the article]
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