Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Moon began to cool and contract. New research has calculated the rate of contraction by measuring surface features called scarp faults. The rate of contraction is very small, but the phenomenon still creates landslides, a potential hazard for missions to the lunar surface. Image Credit: By Gregory H. Revera, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11901243

The Moon is slowly cooling and slowly shrinking. A study of its scarp faults calculates the rate of shrinkage, showing that it's extremely small. But the shrinking could still create landslides, a potential hazard for missions to the lunar surface.

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