The Shrinking Moon

Let's Science

English - March 02, 2024 17:00 - 14 minutes - 7 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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The Moon is indeed shrinking. Caroline Knight explains to Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle how the Moon is contracting and cooling over time, causing moonquakes, shrinking about 150 feet every few hundred million years, and potentially affecting future Artemis lunar missions.

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