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The Economic Times
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Moon Homestay found: Nasa scientists confirm 200 caves that can shelter people, next to the Apollo 11 site where Neil Armstrong landed

Scientists have found the first solid proof of a cave hiding beneath the moon's surface, sitting just a few hundred kilometres from the spot where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took humanity's first steps in 1969. Radar data collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the cave leads off a deep pit in the Sea of Tranquility, researchers reported in the journal Nature Astronomy. The find has changed the theories about where future astronauts choose to pitch their tents.

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