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The formation known as Maskelyne is one of many young geological formations scattered on the moon, and the so-called "irregular die patterns" these formations are considered remnants of small basaltic eruptions that appeared at a later stage than previously thought for lunar volcanism Photo: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

The activity of the moon's volcanoes - not only in distant history

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An artist's illustration of the inner environment of the Moon. Figure: NAOJ

The interior of the moon is still warm after billions of years

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The central peak of the Copernicus Crater on the Moon. Photo: NASA's LROC spacecraft

The Earth's Moon - Summary of Findings Part 4

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Lunar crater from Wikipedia (Daedalus crater on the far side of the moon). No picture of the crater in question was published in the article

The Earth's Moon - Summary of Findings Part 3

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Four visualizations from a computer simulation showing the collision between the moon and a smaller companion moon. The simulation shows that most of the contents of the small moon come together and become a pancake-like layer that currently constitutes the mountainous area on one side of the moon - the side far from Earth. Illustration: M. Jutzi and E. Asphaug, Nature.

A second moon orbited the Earth billions of years ago

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Loom slopes in the Mandel'shtam crater on the moon. The slopes were cut by small impact craters. Photo: NASA's LRO spacecraft

NASA discovery: the moon is shrinking

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The only professional geologist to reach the moon, Harrison Schmidt in the Apollo 17 spacecraft (1972) examines a rock.

Selenology - the "geology" of the moon

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