21 hours ago · Madagascar
NASA spots a giant patch of Moon-like rock on Earth
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. ScienceDaily Technology and ScienceDaily Top News are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Madagascar. The first report grouped here was at 11 Oct 2026, 15:30 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “NASA spots a giant patch of Moon-like rock on Earth”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed a remarkable formation in Madagascar that looks surprisingly similar to the Moon’s bright highlands. Made of anorthosite, a rock abundant on the lunar surface, the formation dates back at least 600 million years and bears the scars of ancient continental collisions.
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- ScienceDaily TechnologyNASA spots a giant patch of Moon-like rock on Earth
- ScienceDaily Top NewsNASA spots a giant patch of Moon-like rock on Earth