20 Times the Moon Did Something Scientists Didn’t Expect

Sensors on lunar nights — when cold should be absolute — recorded sudden warmth. Localized patches, flickering heat like ghost fires in the dark. No consensus yet explains it: internal activity? trapped gas? instrumentation error? Whatever the cause, the Moon occasionally dreams of warmth. The data suggest deep residual heat

from ancient lava flows. Beneath the frost, the Moon still glows faintly with memory.