Soil samples from the lunar south pole indicate the Moon was once covered in a boiling "magma ocean" that cooled into a white rock called ferroan anorthositeCredit: Alamy The new evidence comes ...

The Moon is thought to have formed when a Mars-sized planet collided with Earth, ejecting rock that subsequently coalesced to form our planet’s only satellite. The lunar magma ocean is thought ...

Long ago, the moon was molten. It was covered by a magma ocean. The moon had just formed, accreting from the debris spewed into space by the violent collision of Earth with a Mars-size planet.

Here’s how it works. The oldest evidence of Earth's ancient atmosphere may be lurking in rocks from the moon, a new study suggests. That's the takeaway from a new analysis of moon rocks that ...

For instance, one such space rock 2022 NX 1 was a short-lived “mini-moon” in 1981 and again in 2022. The asteroid 2024 PT5 as the name suggests was only discovered last month by scientists ...

The Chang'e 5 samples were the first moon rocks brought to Earth since those collected by NASA's Apollo astronauts and by Soviet Union spacecraft in the 1970s. In June, China returned samples from ...

The Chang’e 5 samples were the first moon rocks brought to Earth since those collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts and by Soviet Union spacecraft in the 1970s. In June, China returned samples ...

light-colored swirls on Moon's surface could be rocks magnetized by magma activity underground, laboratory experiments ... June 24, 2024 — On June 25, China's Chang'e-6 (CE-6) lunar probe is set ...

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched last summer and its Vikram lander touched down on the moon's surface last August. Shortly thereafter, it released a rover called Pragyan. Since that time ...

Studio Furthermore has designed Anthe, a Moon Rock seat as part of a larger collection. Studio Furthermore offers a glimpse into a not-too-distant future in which space mining will provide much of ...

Data from India’s recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the moon. Scientists from the mission have published their new findings in the journal ...