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We could solve the climate crisis by mining moon dust to create a 'solar shield’

We could solve the climate crisis by mining moon dust to create a 'solar shield’

Published 2 years, 5 months ago
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Three astrophysicists have an out-of-this-world solution for the climate crisis — mining dust from the moon and using it to build a shield around Earth that blocks the sun's rays.

Researchers Benjamin Bromley, Sameer Khan, and Scott Kenyon say they've found that dust grains from the moon could be the right size to scatter sunlight


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