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Stephanie Pappas

Scientists discover huge, heat-emitting blob on the far side of the moon

a map of the moon and its many craters, showing regions with more gravity in red and regions with less gravity in green and blue

Scientists have discovered an anomalous blob of heat on the far side of the moon. 

This mysterious hotspot has a strange origin: It's likely caused by the natural radiation emanating from a huge buried mass of granite, which is rarely found in large quantities outside of Earth, according to new research. On the moon, a dead volcano that hasn't erupted for 3.5 billion years is likely the source of this unusual hunk of granite. 

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