Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Recent studies reveal that the Moon is tectonically active, challenging the long-held view that its geology has been largely static for billions of years. While the Earth has a crust divided into moving plates that create mountains, ocean trenches, and volcanoes, the Moon lacks plate tectonics. Yet internal stresses in the lunar crust still generate distinctive landforms.

One of the most notable features are lobate scarps, which form when the crust compresses, pushing material over adjacent layers along faults to create ridges. Found mainly in the lunar highlands, these scarps have formed within the last billion years, representing the Moon's most recent 20% of geological history.

In 2010, Tom Watters discovered that t...