ISTANBUL . A Chinese study found that the Moon was wholly covered by a molten “magma ocean” in the early phases of its formation. A study by the China National Space Administration, published ...

The discovery solves a long-standing debate over how much of the moon's insides must be molten to feed the ongoing eruptions. ... Moon's Magma a Slushy Mix?

SUPERMAN’S sparkling Fortress of Solitude they’re not, but giant outcrops of crystals, found on the moon by India’s Chandrayaan-1 probe, prove that a roiling ocean of magma once engulfed the ...

The research also may explain why Io, unlike sibling moons, lacks an internal magnetic field, lead scientist Krishan Khurana tells Discovery News. The hot magma ocean, estimated to be about 2,400 ...

We find the Moon’s early ... and is the only rock type known to have formed directly from the Lunar Magma Ocean – when the Moon was almost entirely molten. The discovery of apatite in this ...

With its famous volcanoes, Io produced about 30 times more heat than Earth per year. While scientists had guessed that a vast ocean of magma lies beneath the surface of the fiery moon, they couldn ...

If the theory is true, the magma ocean would only have existed from the time of the moon's formation about 4.5 billion years ago to no more than tens of millions of years later. What is Chandrayaan-3?

One study from May 2023 presents convincing evidence that the lunar core is solid, rather than liquid. Even more interesting, the study suggests that the moon's nucleus has a similar density to iron — ...

Around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth was — probably — one big ocean of magma. Geologists who study this primordial Earth use models, experimental simulations, and even samples from the Moon to ...

A vast magma ocean may once have existed on the moon's south pole, according to evidence obtained by India's Chandrayaan-3 rover.

Rather, the moon's surface was hot and active, and magma often bubbled up from below and broke the surface in fiery fountains — like a molten-hot version of Old Faithful.