Magma Oceans

Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) has released a fresh set of images from the Chandrayaan-3 mission, coinciding with the first anniversary of its successful landing on the Moon. These images, taken by the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, showcase key moments from the mission, including Pragyan's attempts to imprint India's national embl...

Chandrayaan-3 mission, India’s first successful mission to have landed on the Moon, might have made a notable discovery. As per a new study, it might have found evidence of a former magma ocean near the Moon's South Pole. This finding was achieved through the efforts of the Pragyan rover, which landed on the lunar surface in August 2023. Over the...

The results of the study were published in the journal Nature Communications and could provide light on the composition and unusual magnetic field of the planet.

A recent study led by German Aerospace Center revealed that the Moon may have been formed 4.425 billion years ago, going against earlier studies that suggested that natural satellite may be 4.51 billion years old.

Tides flowing in a subsurface ocean of molten rock, or magma, could explain why Jupiter's moon Io appears to have its volcanoes in the 'wrong' place and could also have implications for the search for alien life, a NASA study has found.

It implies that oceans beneath the crusts of tidally stressed moons may be more common and last longer than expected.

The Ocean of Storms on the near side of the moon, a giant basin often referred to as the "man in the moon", likely arose not from a massive asteroid strike but from a large plume of magma deep within the moon's interior, a US study said Wednesday.

Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) has released a fresh set of images from the Chandrayaan-3 mission, coinciding with the first anniversary of its successful landing on the Moon. These images, taken by the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, showcase key moments from the mission, including Pragyan's attempts to imprint India's national embl...

Chandrayaan-3 mission, India’s first successful mission to have landed on the Moon, might have made a notable discovery. As per a new study, it might have found evidence of a former magma ocean near the Moon's South Pole. This finding was achieved through the efforts of the Pragyan rover, which landed on the lunar surface in August 2023. Over the...

The results of the study were published in the journal Nature Communications and could provide light on the composition and unusual magnetic field of the planet.

A recent study led by German Aerospace Center revealed that the Moon may have been formed 4.425 billion years ago, going against earlier studies that suggested that natural satellite may be 4.51 billion years old.

Tides flowing in a subsurface ocean of molten rock, or magma, could explain why Jupiter's moon Io appears to have its volcanoes in the 'wrong' place and could also have implications for the search for alien life, a NASA study has found.

It implies that oceans beneath the crusts of tidally stressed moons may be more common and last longer than expected.

The Ocean of Storms on the near side of the moon, a giant basin often referred to as the "man in the moon", likely arose not from a massive asteroid strike but from a large plume of magma deep within the moon's interior, a US study said Wednesday.