A new look at decades-old data from the Apollo missions has uncovered evidence of tens of thousands of previously unrecognized moonquakes. The results could reveal details about the moon’s inner workings and could have implications for future human missions.
“There were more tectonic events on the moon, it’s more tectonically active than considered before,” says planetary seismologist Keisuke Onodera of the University of Tokyo. By meticulously examining the shapes of seismic waves, Onodera found 22,000 never-before-seen moonquakes, he reports July 5 in JGR: Planets.
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