NASA and its rivals in China and elsewhere have long set their sights on the moon's south pole, where the presence of water ice would make deep space exploration possible. The team of Indian ...

4.5 billion years ago, amid the chaos of the early solar system, the young Earth was rocked by a cataclysmic collision with another planet the size of Mars. The debris flung into space eventually ...

Earth's calm and cool lunar companion may indeed once have been a roiling ball of molten rock, new research has found. The moon has been long theorized to have formed due to a Mars-sized planet named ...

(CNN) — The historic Chandrayaan-3 mission, which made India the fourth country to land on the moon one year ago Friday, has uncovered new evidence that supports a theory about early lunar history.

Data from India's recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The moon was once engulfed by a massive magma ocean, analysis of geological samples collected by India's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The historic Chandrayaan-3 mission, which made India the fourth country to land on the moon one year ago Friday, has uncovered new evidence that supports a theory about early lunar history. When the ...

Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester Data from India’s recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of ...

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