Scientists with the Japanese space agency JAXA has identified a rather massive cave on the lunar surface which could serve as a home for colonists from Earth.
The cavern was detected using a ground-penetrating radar system aboard a JAXA probe orbiting the moon.
Believed to be the remnants of an ancient lava tube, the cave appears to be over 30 miles deep and around 300 feet wide.
Remarkably, the discovery marks the first time that astronomers can confirm the presence of such caverns on the moon as they had previously only been suspected.
What makes the find particularly tantalizing is that a lava tube has long been discussed by scientists as the ideal location from which to stage a base for astronauts to begin colonizing the moon.
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