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Brown and the Moon

Not So Dead After All

Moon’s Escaping Gasses Expose Fresh Surface

A fresh look at Apollo-era images combined with recent spectral data leads researchers to re-examine conventional wisdom about the Earth’s moon. Several lines of evidence suggest that the moon may have seen eruptions of interior gasses as recently as 1 million years ago, rather than 3 billion years ago – the date that had been most widely accepted.

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http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-051.html

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