Scientists have discovered an anomalous blob of heat on the far side of the moon.
This mysterious hotspot has a strange origin: It’s likely caused by the natural radiation emanating from a huge buried mass of granite, which is rarely found in large quantities outside of Earth, according to new research. On the moon, a dead volcano that hasn’t erupted for 3.5 billion years is likely the source of this unusual hunk of granite.
Some podcast I was listening to was saying something to the effect that one of the reasons we have such a diverse mix of elements close enough to the surface to easily mine was thought to be due to that collision. Interesting stuff.
This is interesting. Sounds like it makes finding other intelligent beings much less likely, which is a bit sad I guess.
Yeah I still think there’s probably life out there but earth has a number of very specific things going on with it all at the same time that makes it fairly rare. So the challenge of finding other life forms like us is a tall order.
And a bunch of other stuff like that.
We are also in a particularly unique location for our universe in terms of being able to view the wider universe. Were we any further center or any further out, we would have much less of an observable universe. Stars would not have shown up in the night sky until the 1970’s due to the distance.
Space is dark. We are in a very well lit part of it :)