The Moon Isn't As Dead As You Think

This video was sponsored by 80,000 Hours. Head to https://80000hours.org/scishow to be sent a free copy of their in-depth career guide and sign up for their newsletter. The Moon may appear to be a dead, grey rock, whose geologic activity petered out billions of years ago. But not so fast! Recent studies suggest that parts of the surface could be much younger, and stuff beneath the surface could be a-rumbling even now! Hosted by: Stefan Chin ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishowFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-019-0622-x https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2002JE001985 https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2252 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.aba8949 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02744-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04100-2 https://www.science.org/content/article/long-live-moon https://www.science.org/content/article/recent-volcanic-eruptions-moon https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2000/pdf/1919.pdf https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/968290 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018JE005826 http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Nov06/MoonGas.html https://www.brown.edu/news/2017-03-28/ina https://www.esrf.fr/news/general/lunar-volcanism/index_html https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo1402 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063313002286 https://astronomycommunity.nature.com/posts/the-moon-s-last-gasp-dating-the-youngest-lunar-sample https://arxiv.org/pdf/1410.3819.pdf https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1251117 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20110712-age.html https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/44/4/4.21/195239?searchresult=1 https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/radiometric-age-dating.htm https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3207 https://www.brown.edu/news/2020-04-30/tectonics https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00709-3 https://moon.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/82_backb.pdf https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/study-finds-new-wrinkles-on-earths-moon https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/lunar-origins-simulations https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/maps.13119 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200622095019.htm Image Sources: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/modern-moon-stock-footage/1047389688?phrase=moon&adppopup=true https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/331/the-apollo-15-hammer-feather-drop/?category=videos https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13796 https://images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20221004-AAV3443-MoonOrigin-Social-NASAWeb-1080p https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clementine_albedo_simp750.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/orion-s-moon-crater-close-up https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/257/view-of-goclenius-and-other-craters/?category=images https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13537 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10930 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilifg26TZrI https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/moon-in-outer-space-royalty-free-image/1395983416?phrase=moon&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_Crew_Big_Bertha.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chang%27e-5_soil_samples.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_12_Conrad_with_moon_rocks.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ina_hrp219a.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ina_(LRO).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ina_mounds_at_low_Sun.png https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/09nov_moonalive https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2461/shadowy-mountains-on-the-moon/?category=moons_earths-moon https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/48/the-moons-surface/ https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/13/apollo-11-seismic-experiment/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_diagram.svg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/earth-seen-from-the-moon-stock-footage/1159024834?phrase=moon%20and%20earth&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/milky-way-royalty-free-image/1085287936?phrase=space&adppopup=true