Moon's Axis Shifted 6° Over 1 Billion Years | Video

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 13:40 in Earth & Climate

Ice in the deep shadowed crates at the Moon’s poles holds the history of our satellite’s axial tilt. About 3 Billion years ago, volcanic activity boiled off hydrogen from these regions, marking the slow shift.

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