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Beneath the moon’s surface, magnetized lava can create ‘lunar vortices’

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A dark grey high altitude view of the lunar surface, with tiny craters speckled throughout, and one large crater on the far right.

New research suggests that mysterious swirl patterns on the lunar surface may be linked to subsurface magma activity. The “lunar vortices“observed on the moon show a spiral pattern created by magnetized rocks that deflect or redirect the waves solar wind particles that constantly bombard the moon. Moon rocks that fall within the lunar vortices remain … Read more

Mysterious lunar vortices possibly caused by underground magma

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Mysterious Lunar Swirls Potentially Caused By Underground Magma

Lunar vortices are mysterious, light-colored, winding structures on the lunar surface that extend for hundreds of kilometers. These intriguing patterns, visible even from a backyard telescope, have for years defied a simple explanation. Recent research suggests that the swirls may be magnetized by invisible magmas beneath the moon’s surface. New insights into lunar vortices Recent … Read more