Hermite crater lunar temperature colder than Pluto

A lunar crater can be colder than Pluto

26 K (−247 °C)

A spacecraft measured 26 K (−247 °C) near the winter solstice in Hermite, a permanently shadowed crater near the Moon’s north pole. It was the lowest temperature the spacecraft had measured anywhere in the Solar System.

>2,000 Newspapers

Print became a mass political medium

More than 2,000 newspapers were founded in the ten years after the French Revolution began. People often read them aloud in taverns and clubs and then passed them from person to person, helping political ideas spread widely.

Ice redirected the Rhine through the English Channel

About 450,000 years ago, ice blocked the northern North Sea and forced the Rhine through the English Channel. The river’s mouth lay near Brest, and the Thames and Seine became tributaries of the Rhine.

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Hermite crater lunar temperature colder than Pluto

A lunar crater can be colder than Pluto

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