Eldorado Posted May 14, 2019 #1 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) "Space stunner: Moon is shrinking, shocking study reveals" "According to a new research study, the Moon may be shrinking as it experiences lunar quakes, known as "moonquakes." Full monty at Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/science/moon-shrinking-study-reveals "The Moon is Quaking as it Shrinks" At the sober CMNS: https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/4432 "Shallow seismic activity and young thrust faults on the Moon" Paper Abstract at Nature Geoscience: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0362-2 Edited May 14, 2019 by Eldorado 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted May 14, 2019 #2 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Does this mean smaller tides or bigger or no effect at all? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted May 14, 2019 #3 Share Posted May 14, 2019 14 minutes ago, freetoroam said: Does this mean smaller tides or bigger or no effect at all? No effect at all. It is cooling and shrinking very slowly. The effects of it moving farther away are more "dramatic". Watch the bloody doomsayers say something stupid now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted May 14, 2019 #4 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I'd go along with what Piney just said, even though he HAS changed his avatar to something rather sinister. The radius of the moon, and any seismic activity, will have no effect on the MASS of the moon. Hence its orbit, and its tidal effects, will be unchanged. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted May 14, 2019 #5 Share Posted May 14, 2019 31 minutes ago, RoofGardener said: I'd go along with what Piney just said, even though he HAS changed his avatar to something rather sinister. Bunnies are the spawn of demons and truly evil creatures. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted May 14, 2019 #6 Share Posted May 14, 2019 22 minutes ago, Piney said: Bunnies are the spawn of demons and truly evil creatures. Well.. yes.. .that's OBVIOUS. Everyone knows THAT ! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted May 14, 2019 #7 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I thought everyone knew that the moon was made of low fat cheese. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted May 14, 2019 #8 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Just now, XenoFish said: I thought everyone knew that the moon was made of low fat cheese. That is utter RUBBISH @XenoFish. The moon is NOT made of low-fat cheese. You should be ASHAMED at promulgating such an unscientific and supersticious theory. EVERYONE knows it is made of good old-fashioned, full fat, Chedder ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted May 14, 2019 #9 Share Posted May 14, 2019 5 hours ago, XenoFish said: I thought everyone knew that the moon was made of low fat cheese. Look at you going all low fat healthy eat well eat cardboard on us. I have seen the cows on the moon and the cheese is not low fat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti42 Posted May 15, 2019 #10 Share Posted May 15, 2019 21 hours ago, Piney said: Bunnies are the spawn of demons and truly evil creatures. There is truth here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted May 15, 2019 #11 Share Posted May 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Seti42 said: There is truth here. By the Dark Lord! I want that hanging in our library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted May 15, 2019 #12 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Okay people, any chance of getting back on topic please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted May 15, 2019 #13 Share Posted May 15, 2019 “For me, these findings emphasize that we need to go back to the moon,” Schmerr said. “We learned a lot from the Apollo missions, but they really only scratched the surface. With a larger network of modern seismometers, we could make huge strides in our understanding of the moon’s geology. This provides some very promising low-hanging fruit for science on a future mission to the moon.” I heard yesterday that NASA plans to be back on the moon by 2024 and they want women on the team. Is that a doable timeline? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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