Saturday, August 21, 2010

Scientists Say the Moon is Shrinking

 I know Hot Jupiters tend to shrink as a result of their proximity to their stars (nerdy much?), but our moon? A solid, rocky planetary surface shrinking?



Image from: aolnews.com


However, unlike Hot Jupiters, the moon is shrinking because of internal cooling; sort of like a hot air balloon after losing its source of heat I would imagine.


Check this bizarre story out here

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