Something caused a giant hole on the Moon billions of years ago, and astronomers believe there's something big underneath the surface. The Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin hides a mass that is estimated to be 4.8 quintillion pounds, researchers say.
Here is something you may not know about the Moon: Earth's clingy best friend is also the site of one of the largest-known impact craters in our entire solar system. Essentially, something caused a giant hole on the Moon billions of years ago, and astronomers have just discovered that there's something big -- really big -- buried underneath the surface.
According to research published in the journal "Geophysical Research Letters," the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin hides a mass that is estimated to be 4.8 quintillion pounds . "Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground. That's roughly how much unexpected mass we detected," author Peter B. James said in a release.
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