Cave discovered that could be used as a human shelter on the moon

Simulation of the inside of a cave recently found on the moon

The cave lies beneath Mare Tranquillitatis (or Sea of ​​Tranquility), the ancient lava plain where US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took humanity's first steps on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

After analyzing radar data collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), researchers discovered a deep hole in Mare Tranquillitatis, also the deepest known hole on the moon, leading to a cave 45 m wide and 80 m long.

The area inside the cave is equivalent to 14 tennis courts and the cave is located about 150 meters below the surface.

The Guardian newspaper quoted expert Lorenzo Bruzzone of Trento University (Italy) as saying that the cave is likely an empty lava chamber, which could become a shelter for future moon explorers.

Lunar orbiters discovered many deep craters on the surface of the Moon more than a decade ago, but only now have humans focused on studying whether these impact craters lead to underground caves.

Caves formed by lava activity could potentially be used as human bases on the moon because the temperature inside is quite stable, allowing good shielding from the constant radiation from space as well as from meteorites.

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