The moon may look dead in terms of geological activity, which means that there are no changes, but scientists have discovered signs of this activity, which existed only 14 million years ago. Perhaps it continues now. This changes the idea of \u200b\u200bthe evolution of the moon. The study is published in The Planetary Science Journal, writes Science.

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Scientists have long been trying to understand the complex geological and evolutionary history of the moon. It formed about 4.5 billion years ago from the wreckage of the Earth and at the very beginning was covered with hot magma. About 3 billion years ago, the surface of the moon began to cool. Since then, volcanic activity on the moon has decreased significantly, and the lava began to harden on the surface and from time to time changed due to the fall of asteroids.

The available data on the seas on the moon, that is, dark areas formed by the frozen lava, show that the moon was strongly compressed billions of years ago, which caused significant volcanic activity. It was previously believed that the ridges discovered on the visible side of the moon were created just during the compression of the moon, which means that since then no activity has occurred on the surface of the Earth's satellite. But the new study shows that the moon was recently more geological active than it was believed, and maybe this activity continues to this day.

According to scientists, it is believed that most geological movements on the moon occurred 2.5 - 3 billion years ago. But the study shows that geological activity has existed over the past billion years. And small ridges in the lunar seas formed over the past 160 million years, and the youngest of them formed 14 million years ago.

Scientists used advanced methods of mapping and modeling to detect 266 small ridges on the back of the moon, which were not previously known. It turned out that these ridges are much younger than similar formations on the visible side of the moon.

Scientists believe that the lunar seas formed when the asteroids falling to the surface of the moon caused extensive melting and squeezing of the lava, filling ancient shock craters. The reverse side of the moon took on more of these strokes than visible the side and some data show that the reverse side cool down faster. But a new study shows that it may not be.

According to scientists, some of the detected ridges were formed as a result of very recent geological events. The age of these ridges is well consistent with the younger, similar features that have formed as a result of the ongoing global compression of the moon as it cools.

Scientists have found that the ridges on the back of the moon are similar in structure to those that were found on the visible side of the moon. This means that they were formed by the same processes.

Given the fact that small earthquakes were previously discovered on the moon, small ridges on the moon can be associated with similar seismic activity.

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