According to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters by Tyler Horvath, a PhD student in planetary science at the University of California, Los Angeles, they discovered pits on the Moon that stay at 63 °F all year and could be a place to visit to escape the heat.
You might want to think about going to the Moon to cool off if the heat wave is making you miserable. On the lunar surface, there are pits that are constantly cool at 63 F (17 C).
The Moon's surface temperature varies dramatically over its 30-earth-day day/night cycle, rising to 260 F (127 C) and subsequently falling to minus 280 F (-173 C), but the pits are very stable.
The pits, some of which most likely lead to empty lava tubes or caves, could be the site of a future moonbase, according to scientists. In addition to the comfortable temperatures, the pits and any prospective caves would offer defense against cosmic rays, micrometeorites, and solar radiation.
Tyler Horvath, a PhD stu...
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