Scientists have announced the discovery of a mysterious “entrance door” to a huge cave on the surface of the moon. Thanks to them, they can better understand the volcanic processes that occur in the Silver Globe.
“We have found what looks like a front door to the lunar surface,” said the study’s lead author, Leonardo Carrer of the University of Trento in Italy. The scientist points out that accessing the interior of Earth’s satellite is an interesting place for future robotic exploration. Meanwhile, the “door” on the moon is expected to provide a lot of information about volcanic activity on Silver Globe.
The door to the moon
Scientists have long suspected that the Moon is a place full of volcanic formations, including lava tubes. There are also similar places on Earth.More than 200 craters have been identified on the moon’s surface, where rocks and regolith have sunk to unknown depths.
Research by Leonardo Carrera shows that one of these craters in the Mare Tranquillitatis region collapsed and created an underground cave channel accessible from the lunar surface.
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The caves on the silver sphere, or surface collapses, are valuable evidence for scientists that lava tunnels exist. They are the most compelling formations next to lunar craters and elliptical craters. So Carrier decided to investigate further with his team. What the newly discovered “door” on the moon hides – Live Science Gateway.
Together with Lorenzo Bruzzoni, he decided to try to map the hidden cave using orbital synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instruments. The scientists used SAR data to create 3D reconstructions of two underground caves near their entrances.
It reaches a depth of up to 175 meters.
“We were able to detect a reflection that clearly showed a hole at the bottom and an entrance to a cave that was probably part of a lava tube,” Boson explains. Using a special computer model, the entry into the moon was determined. It is at least 45 metres wide and 135-175 metres deep. Under the surface of the satellite.
“The analysis definitely suggests that there is a deeper shift than we were able to see,” says another scientist involved in the study, Robert Wagner of Arizona State University in Tampa. The next steps scientists want to take in response to this discovery are: Send a mission to a new “door” on the moon. The researchers’ goal is to enter and examine the interior of the cave directly.
Carrier and Brozon, according to Live Science, are keen to learn about the moon’s geological history. The cave in question could help them a lot in this regard. According to the scientists, inside it, on rocks protected from erosion and changes caused by solar winds, they can find what is important for their scientific work.
– Studying local rocks, unaffected by the rough surface, could provide a lot of information about lunar volcanoes, says Carrier. The scientist also does not rule out that during further research it will be possible to find an intact lava tube in which lunar magma moved and settled.
Norbert Garbarek, journalist at Wirtualna Polska
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