By Jonathan Coles

A British scientist has found two possible cave entrances on the Moon that could support human survival – and even serve as a base for trips to MARS.

Daniel Le Corre, a PhD researcher at the University of Kent , found the pits by using an AI model to scan the lunar surface.

He quickly found two sites: the South Marius Hills Pit (SMHP) and the Bel’kovich A Pit (BAP).

The latter is believed to be a more likely source of water as it is close to the Moon’s north pole.

But both connect to underground cave networks, such as lava tubes, which could provide natural shelter from harmful radiation and micrometeorite impacts, as well as harbor water ice.

And it’s this which makes them of interest to scientists as good bases for humans exploring or living on the Moon – an

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