The Moon is shrinking, it has lost 45 meters in millions of years - Space and Astronomy. The Earth's satellite has also developed folds and faults in its places where parts of the moon's crust collide against each other.

This phenomenon, however, causes earthquakes and landslides which constitute a danger for future human missions. The continuous shrinkage, in fact, has led to significant surface deformations even in the South Pole region, where NASA's Artemis III mission is expected to land. Just like on Earth, seismic events on our satellite can be strong enough to damage buildings, equipment and man-made structures.