Turning the Moon Into a Giant Cosmic Observatory

Scientists are exploring an extraordinary idea: using the Moon itself as a giant detector for gravitational waves.

New research suggests its thick, uneven crust could naturally amplify tiny ripples in spacetime, opening a new way to study black hole mergers, cosmic collisions, and the early universe. Future lunar missions may turn our nearest neighbor into one of astronomy's most powerful observatories.

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