The moon was once covered in an ocean of magma: new data supports theory Rocks collected by the Chandrayaan-3 offer more clues to the moon's violent past. Tom Hawking Aug 21, 2024 11:00 AM EDT ...

There was once a magma-filled ocean on the south pole of the moon, scientists recently discovered after analyzing lunar soil that revealed ancient information about the moon's origin. The study of ...

Measurements of the Enceladus ice shell conducted by NASA's Cassini probe, which orbited Saturn and its moons between 2004 and 2017, suggest the moon's subsurface ocean may have a temperature ...

Thursday evening, Aug. 7 through early Monday, Aug. 11.Why “Sturgeon”? The August full moon inherited its name from Native American tribes and early European settlers who noticed that lake sturgeon, ...

Saturn’s tiny moon Mimas seems to have an ocean, too The ocean must have formed relatively recently, but we don't know how. John Timmer – Feb 7, 2024 8:47 AM | 59 ...

The team suspects the ocean is about 12.4 miles to 18.6 miles (20 kilometers to 30 kilometers) deep beneath the moon’s ice shell. With the ocean so young, astronomically speaking, there wouldn ...

Saturn’s innermost moon, which resembles the Death Star from Star Wars, may be a “stealth” ocean world, according to new research. Mimas, which is the smallest and closest to Saturn of the ...