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Granite discovery suggests Moon is more "Earth-like" than we thought

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Does this mean we are closer to having colonies on the moon? I'll let you be the judge of that.

Using microwave instruments to peer deep beneath the surface of the far side of the Moon, researchers have detected a ‘hotspot’ they say is a large subsurface granite mass, suggesting the Moon is more "Earth-like" than we thought.
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