Science: Closer Look at the Moon

The moon has no magnetic field. This was the major scientific finding made by Lunik II. The Lunik's instruments also failed to find any Van Allen radiation circulating around the moon. This was consistent. The earth's Van Allen radiation is made of ionized particles trapped by the earth's magnetism. If the moon has no magnetism, it should have no radiation.

Although the earth's magnetic field is still something of a mystery, most geophysicists think it is caused by motion of the liquid metal core of the earth's interior. The University of Chicago's Astronomer...

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