Evil lobate scarps are shrinking the moon, run for your lives! The Moon Has Shrunk, and May Still Be Contracting The moon has been shrinking, suggest scientists who spotted relatively young geological features that form when a planetary body cools and contracts. Called lobate scarps, the features are made when land on one side of [...]
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