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A newly released list of endangered cultural heritage sites features a surprising off-world inclusion: the moon. Created by the World Monuments Fund, the biennial catalog of threatened locations aims to raise awareness of challenges facing the preservation of spots that are significant to our understanding of human history. To that end, in announcing the 2025 installment of the cultural watchlist, the group expressed concern about what frequent and unregulated travel to the moon in the future could mean for priceless artifacts and iconic sites found on the lunar surface.
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