Magma Oceans

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.

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.