The moon is 'rusting' and scientists are stunned

Fox News ^ | 09/07/2020 | By Chris Ciaccia

[Red Badger]

The rust may be a result of the water discovered on the moon

A newly published study notes that the moon is "rusting," leaving experts perplexed by the discovery.

The research, published in Science Advances, notes that the rust may be a result of water discovered on the moon, but it's still shocking, given the lack of oxygen and dearth of water on Earth's celestial satellite.

"It's very puzzling," the study's lead author, Shuai Li of the University of Hawaii, said in a statement. "The moon is a terrible environment for hematite to form in."

Li was looking at data from the JPL Moon Mineralogy Mapper when the researcher realized the instrument detected "spectra - or light reflected off surfaces - that revealed the Moon's poles had a very different composition than the rest of it," the statement added.

The polar surfaces showed spectra that matched the mineral hematite (Fe2O3), according to the study's abstract.

"Although oxidizing processes have been speculated to operate on the lunar surface and form ferric iron–bearing minerals, unambiguous detections of ferric minerals forming under highly reducing conditions on the Moon have remained elusive," the researchers wrote in the study's abstract. "Our analyses of the Moon Mineralogy Mapper data show that hematite, a ferric mineral, is present at high latitudes on the Moon, mostly associated with east- and equator-facing sides of topographic highs, and is more prevalent on the nearside than the farside."

Rust, which is also known as iron oxide, gives Mars its reddish color.

[Yo-Yo]

Maybe it's a side effect of the nuclear waste that was deposited on the Dark side of the Moon?

[Red Badger]

Now we know there is tons of ice on the Moon. Add that to the iron OXIDE for oxygen generation and you have two of your prob!ems for colonization solved!..................😏

[Red Badger]

It wouldn't rust if they didn't leave it out at night!....................🤔

[wally_bert]

If we only haf a craft like the Eagle..

[Ezekiel]

"It's very puzzling," the study's lead author, Shuai Li of the University of Hawaii, said in a statement. "The moon is a terrible environment for hematite to form in."

Caused by the tears of the Man on the Moon, who is deeply saddened!

[tflabo]

Leftards will blame this on Trump pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord.

[al_c]

I’m sure someone will eventually blame the U.S. for sending men up there and polluting the moon.

[Salamander]

[epluribus_2]

Apollo 11 was a triumph of engineering based on tested science and ingenuity. Not much has changed about that knowledge except this water stuff. Mars too.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

There’s a book I have on stockpile called ‘Who Built The Moon’.

[Salamander]

[Red Badger]

Asians don’t see a Man in the Moon, they see a RABBIT!..............

[null and void]

I think American Indians see a bunny as well.

[Dead Corpse]

All the stupid crap going on down here on Earth, the Moon is starting to blush...

[mylife]

I thought the moon was made of cheese.

[Red Badger]

Well, after consuming Peyote, I'd imagine they would see a lot of things!............................😳

[Red Badger]

Rusty cheese!.................😁

[Peter ODonnell]

Of these two discoveries, only the part about the moon rusting is new — I recall reading about scientists being stunned when the AGW thing started up.

[Ezekiel]

Asians don’t see a Man in the Moon, they see a RABBIT!..............

Well there you go. It explains why Shuai Li is puzzled.

[Doctor DNA]

Once upon a Time.....When the moon was young it had a strong magnetic field which attracted all the magnetic meteoroids to the moon’s poles, then a bit of Earth’s atmospheric trailing ‘plume’, that is blown off by the solar wind, envelopes the moon. Solar storms increase the amount of atmosphere blown off and then attracted. (NOT!)