If the event is confirmed to be a moonquake, it would be the first detected on the lunar surface since the 1970s — when #NASA's #Apollo missions first studied seismic activity on the moon and detected #moonquakes.
A #moonquake would suggest that the moon isn't just some big, dense space rock — there's actually more going on under its surface than meets the eye. #Chandrayaan3 #Vikram
#India's #moon lander detected movement near the lunar south pole.
https://www.businessinsider.com/indias-moon-lander-detects-signs-of-possible-moonquake-2023-9
#moon #India #vikram #chandrayaan3 #moonquake #moonquakes #apollo #nasa
#Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day
#moonquakes #astronomy #picture #apod
#astronomy #geology #Moon #moonquakes An article published in the journal "Nature Geoscience" offers clues to the fact that the Moon may still be tectonically active. https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2019/05/14/there-may-still-be-tectonic-activity-on-the-moon
#moonquakes #astronomy #geology #moon