Io’s long-debated magma ocean may not exist. Juno spacecraft data reveals that tidal forces deform the moon differently than ...
Scientists have possibly solved the mystery of the Indian Ocean Geoid Low, a large gravity anomaly discovered in 1948. They ...
The first study on the Moon samples brought back by the Chinese Chang'e-6 mission show that the Moon's far side was just as ...
A new study of the lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the moon was ...
Moon was once covered by global magma ocean but later bombardments of asteroids caused different evolution processes,’ ...
A new study of the lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e-6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the Moon was ...
A massive 'gravity hole' pulling down the Indian Ocean has stumped scientists for years, but the mystery may have just been ...
A major problem with current magma ocean formation models is the lack of consensus on the melting temperatures of deep mantle ...
This photo taken and beamed back to Earth autonomously by a mini rover released from the lander-ascender combination of Chang ...
As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...
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New Study Confirms Moon Was Once Covered by a Global Magma OceanThe basalt in the new samples is estimated to be 2.8 billion years old and supports the long-standing hypothesis of a lunar magma ocean. According to the study, early in its formation, the Moon ...
These findings validate the lunar magma ocean hypothesis, which states that the moon experienced global-scale melting shortly after its formation, creating a vast magma ocean. As the molten ...
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