rashore Posted June 8, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Quote The moon has been flashing us, and a new telescope might explain why. Credit: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg There's something flashing us on the moon, and we don't know what it is. But that might be about to change. We have known about the mysterious flashes since at least the late 1960s, when the astronomers Barbara Middlehurst and Patrick Moore reviewed the scientific literature and found nearly 400 reports of strange events on the moon. Small regions of the lunar surface would get suddenly brighter or darker, without obvious explanation. The scientists' survey of the flashes and dimming, which they called "lunar transient phenomena," was published in the journal Science on Jan. 27, 1967. (Later, astronomers flipped the words around, terming the events "transient lunar phenomena.") https://www.livescience.com/65612-gassy-moon-flashes.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep73 Posted June 8, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Don't worry, the moon is just passing gas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted June 8, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 8, 2019 (edited) Just off the top of my head....I'm going to guess variations in Gravity is affecting photons of reflected sunlight? how's that? . ....think about it though. Edited June 8, 2019 by lightly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Desertrat56 Posted June 14, 2019 #4 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Maybe it is reflections of stuff left by the moon landings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted June 16, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I will go with sci-nerd, seems geologic activity releasing gas is the prime suspectt according to the article . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Grey Posted June 18, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Chinese and Russian military bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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