the moon really does rock

Posted by mason at 2:52 pm on Saturday, January 17th, 2009.

Moon rocks have long been a source of mystery for scientists baffled by the fact that they are magnetic. Well scientists at MIT just recently made a breakthrough of sorts, uncovering that about 4 billion years ago the moon likely had a liquid core similar to that of the Earth today, which produced a powerful magnetic field.

How did they figure this out? By analyzing moon rocks collected during the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission. This latest finding reinforces Moonit's desire to use the moniker "moon rocks" as the reward system for our Mooniverse of users who perform rockworthy acts by interacting with the site–these moon rocks are redeemable for all kinds of favors and gear, which we make sure users will actually use (why give out stuff nobody wants? I know my NYC apartment is way too small to save cr-p I don't need!).  Not only is moon rocks a fun name, but they're magnetic–just like the magnetic energy our compatibility tool is detecting between two users. In other words, moon rocks rock.