Our Moon

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Well you shouldn't be surprised by the title.

The moon is 'rusting' and scientists are stunned

Yes there are Stunned, but Why? Our Moon has been placed in The Earth's Orbit about 4 or so Billion Years Ago.
I did say Placed Not Formed.
After 4 or so Billion years even the material the moon was constructed from and used as an Outer Shell is aging and corroding after all the abuse from Meteors and aliens and humans.

That's right I am saying the moon not Natural but a hollow sphere or semi-hollow and place in our orbit so Earth could support life better.

I only hope for our sake the Masters Aliens return and repair the moon.
JMHO

The blue areas in this composite image from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) aboard the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 orbiter show water concentrated at the Moon's poles. Homing in on the spectra of rocks there, researcher found signs of hematite, a form of rust. Credit: ISRO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Brown University/USGS

A newly published study notes that the moon is "rusting," leaving experts perplexed by the discovery.


The research, published in Science Advances, notes that the rust may be a result of water discovered on the moon, but it's still shocking, given the lack of oxygen and dearth of water on Earth's celestial satellite.

"It's very puzzling," the study's lead author, Shuai Li of the University of Hawaii, said in a statement. "The moon is a terrible environment for hematite to form in."

They are Puzzled only because they believe all the Bull-Shit they have been told about the Moon!

Li was looking at data from the JPL Moon Mineralogy Mapper when the researcher realized the instrument detected "spectra - or light reflected off surfaces - that revealed the Moon's poles had a very different composition than the rest of it," the statement added.

The polar surfaces showed spectra that matched the mineral hematite (Fe2O3), according to the study's abstract.

"Although oxidizing processes have been speculated to operate on the lunar surface and form ferric iron–bearing minerals, unambiguous detections of ferric minerals forming under highly reducing conditions on the Moon have remained elusive," the researchers wrote in the study's abstract. "Our analyses of the Moon Mineralogy Mapper data show that hematite, a ferric mineral, is present at high latitudes on the Moon, mostly associated with east- and equator-facing sides of topographic highs, and is more prevalent on the nearside than the farside."

Rust, which is also known as iron oxide, gives Mars its reddish color.

The Color Red is Iron Oxide Rusting away from the Iron Structures built on Mars Millions of years ago and destroyed in their War.  JMHO

"At first, I totally didn't believe it. It shouldn't exist based on the conditions present on the moon," study co-author, NASA JPL planetary geoscientist Abigail Fraeman, added. "But since we discovered water on the moon, people have been speculating that there could be a greater variety of minerals than we realize if that water had reacted with rocks."


With no atmosphere providing oxygen on the moon and the sun's solar wind delivering hydrogen -- which should act as a "reducer" to prevent oxidation -- scientists are baffled where the rust is coming from. However, they believe it could stem from Earth, given the moon does have "trace amounts of oxygen" thanks to Earth's magnetic field.

The hematite that was discovered is not near any of the water ice that has been discovered so far on the moon, adding another layer of complexity to the findings. The scientists suggested that the dust particles hitting the moon could free up water molecules to interact with the hematite, but further research is needed to see if that's correct.

"It could be that little bits of water and the impact of dust particles are allowing iron in these bodies to rust," Fraeman explained.

“This discovery will reshape our knowledge about the moon’s polar regions,” Li added in another statement.

“Earth may have played an important role on the evolution of the moon’s surface.”

WTF, Earth played NO Role in the Evolution of the Moon you Idiot!
If it wasn't for the Moon being in Our Orbit YOU Mr. Fraeman wouldn't be here to Spread that Trash!
If anyone is interested and would like to read this article Here