The magma pushes through ... something that has long puzzled seismologists and those who study the ocean floor. Overall, the scientists estimate that the closure of these outer normal faults ...

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

To this end, we assessed the effect of oxygen fugacity on the melting temperatures of deep mantle materials to constrain the ...

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 ...

It took more than half a year, but the first major study on these samples is here, and it points to the Moon having been an ocean of molten magma back in its early days. It's something we’ve ...

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 in the ...

If magma erupts on the surface as lava ... Basalt is usually formed when lava solidifies on the earth’s surface or ocean floor. As the surface is much cooler than the mantle, the rock cools ...

Recent findings from samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission have provided valuable insights into the history of the moon, particularly its far side. The Chang'e 6 mission launched in early ...