Space Daily September 05, 2026 • 04:32

Scientists have confirmed that a pit in the Moon’s Sea of Tranquillity opens into an underground cave, probably an ancient lava tube. Only tens of metres have been mapped, but separate modelling suggests that lunar gravity could support tubes kilometres wid - Space Daily

Scientists have confirmed that a pit in the Moon’s Sea of Tranquillity opens into an underground cave, probably an ancient lava tube. Only tens of metres have been mapped, but separate modelling suggests that lunar gravity could support tubes kilometres wid - Space Daily

Radar confirms that the Mare Tranquillitatis pit leads into a cave, while kilometre-wide lunar tubes remain a modelled possibility whose existence and habitability have not been demonstrated.

A dark opening in Mare Tranquillitatis has been visible in spacecraft images for years. What lay beyond its sunlit rim was harder to establish. It might have been only a deep collapse pit with an ove… [+12121 chars]

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