Planetologists found an explanation for mysterious "whirlwinds" on the Moon surface

Mysterious whitish stains on the surfaces of the Moon called by "lunar whirlwinds", appeared not simply casual drawings on a surface as scientists-selenologists believed before. It was succeeded to reveal their correlation with some topographical features of the concrete district, and their origin connect with structure of the local magnetic fields shielding a solar wind. Article about it is published in zhurnaleGeophysical by Research Letters. Turbulences which the look remind the cream placed in coffee, can be the most different sizes — from several meters to more than 50 km. They...