Groundbreaking news from Italian scientists reveals the discovery of a cave on the Moon using radar technology for the very first time. The BBC reports this incredible find, based on a study published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Astronomy.
This lunar cave plunges to a depth of at least 100 meters, sparking excitement among researchers who speculate that there could be numerous similar caves waiting to be unveiled in the mysterious underground realm of the Moon.
Experts suggest that this newly found cave could potentially serve as an ideal location for establishing a habitable outpost on our celestial neighbor.
Situated on the lunar surface, the cave boasts vertical walls leading to an inclined inner space. Scientists theorize that this cave took shape millions, if not billions, of years ago when flowing lava sculpted its path across the Moon, creating a tunnel within the rocky terrain. Drawing parallels, Leonard Carrer from the University of Trento, part of the team that made this discovery, notes similarities with volcanic caves on the Spanish island of Lanzarote, which they explored during their research.
The notion of lunar caves has intrigued researchers for half a century, with concrete progress made in 2010 when NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft scoured the Moon’s surface for potential cave entrances. The recent breakthrough came from analyzing the data collected by this spacecraft.
Carrer envisions the lunar cave as a promising site for a future astronaut base, suggesting that just as life on Earth began in caves, humans could thrive in lunar caves as well.
“After all, life on Earth began in caves, so people could settle in them on the Moon,” he says.
Excited by this discovery, scientists now plan to delve deeper into the mysteries of this cave using advanced radar technology…
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