The Moon’s Volcano Mystery Might Finally Be Cracked

The Moon might look calm and quiet now, but long ago, it was a fiery ball of volcanic activity! 🌋 Scientists have been puzzled for years about strange heat spots under its surface, but now they think they've cracked the mystery. It turns out, massive underground lava chambers from ancient eruptions are still slowly cooling, keeping certain areas warmer than expected. These hidden "hot pockets" (not the snack kind! 😆) Credit: Seeing Moon: by Philipp Salzgeber, CC BY-SA 2.0 AT https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Se... CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... 嫦娥五号“太空打水漂”: by 中国新闻网, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20... “长五”送“嫦五”: by 中国新闻网 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:“长... Lipari-Obsidienne: by Ji-Elle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Li... Radiation Test: by MsMilkytheclown1, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... “长五”送“嫦五”: by 中国新闻网, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:“长... Io from Juno: by NASA / SWRI / MSSS / Jason Perry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Im... CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Chang'e-5: by Hui Ren, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Heliumblasen: by Li Ao et al., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Moon-Maskelyne: by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University, https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lro/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:14... Sosigenes Irregular: by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University, https://www.lroc.asu.edu/images/818, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:So... LRO Shots: by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, ADNET Systems, Inc./Aaron E. Lepsch, Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc./David Ladd, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20369, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Europa orbit.theora: by NASA/JPL, https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimed..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Roadmap to the Moon: by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Abacus Technology Corporation/David Ladd, USRA/Ernie Wright, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Krystofer Kim, ADNET Systems, Inc./Aaron E. Lepsch, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14595, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... LRO FirstImage: by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University, https://www.nasa.gov/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Tvastarpic2: by NASA/JPL/Galileo, https://www.nasa.gov/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... WASP-49 b: by NASA Science, https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanet-ca... Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightside.official   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices