14 min
The Shrinking Moon Let's Science
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- Astronomy
SCI061: 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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Links for this episode:
* The Moon Is Shrinking, Causing Moonquakes at a Potential NASA Landing Site, Study Finds
* The Moon Is Slowly Shrinking, and That Could Be a Problem
* The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest
* If you enjoy Let’s Science, check out Caroline and Lindsay and Lino’s other show, Catholics of Oz.
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SCI061: 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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Follow by Email | Listen and subscribe on YouTube.
Help us continue to offer Let’s Science. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?
Links for this episode:
* The Moon Is Shrinking, Causing Moonquakes at a Potential NASA Landing Site, Study Finds
* The Moon Is Slowly Shrinking, and That Could Be a Problem
* The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest
* If you enjoy Let’s Science, check out Caroline and Lindsay and Lino’s other show, Catholics of Oz.
* Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!
* Email us feedback or comments to science@sqpn.com
* Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord
Want to Sponsor A Show?
Support StarQuest’s mission to explore the intersection of faith and pop culture by becoming a named sponsor of the show of your choice on the StarQuest network. Click to get started or find out more.
14 min