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Hidden volcanoes hint at Moon’s turbulent past
This false-coloured map from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows at its centre the slight, 80-kilometre-wide rise of the Prinz-Harbinger volcanic shield. It is hidden in part by irregular formations and, at the bottom left, by an impact crater. Credit: L. Qiao et al./Geophys. Res. Lett. (CC-BY-4.0)
Two big volcanoes have been lurking on the Moon mostly unnoticed — until now.
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Qiao, L. et al. Geophys. Res. Lett. 53, e2026GL121908 (2026).
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