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Astronomers announced the unexpected discovery on the moon

Астрономы заявили о неожиданной находке на ЛунеThe craters were formed due to the falling asteroids.

American astronomers, was found exploring the crater on the South pole of the moon, quite unexpectedly, stumbled upon a previously unknown craters.

Surprise was the method by which managed to do it. For its purpose, the researchers used the device to search for ice.

It works in such a way that reflects ultraviolet radiation, thereby allows a closer look at those surface areas which are difficult to access. In the course of work, scientists have spotted a previously unknown dimmable, which turned out to be craters.

Findings were analyzed, and in the end it turned out that one of the craters about 75 million years old and the other about 16. What surprised the researchers is the way that I managed to find the craters, because they never sought such.

In the plans already to use the new method on other space objects, for example, mercury or some asteroids. As for the causes of open craters, scientists believe that to blame an object, which collided with the Earth many years ago.

Experts will be in the future detailed study of these indentations, which will help in understanding how to move the various celestial bodies in the Galaxy.

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