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

This type of magma is called “basaltic”, and it tends to produce pretty mild eruptions. Hawaii is also a basaltic hotspot, for instance. However, hotspots can also melt the material around ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.

Scientists have long known that volcanoes shaped the near side of the Moon, visible from Earth. However, very little was ...

By analyzing basalt fragments retrieved from this region, the scientists discovered that these rocks share a similar composition to low-titanium basalts previously collected by NASA's Apollo ...

Scientists came to the conclusion that there was a large ocean of magma on the Moon at some point after they've found that, just like on the near side, the same composition of basalt, which is a ...

The basalt samples, aged 2.823 billion years, align with the lunar magma ocean model, which suggests that the early moon was covered by a global magma ocean, with minerals crystallizing to form ...

The basalt present in the Chang'e-6 samples is primarily 2.823 billion years old, and its characteristics support the lunar magma ocean model. The research also suggests that the impact event that ...

The researchers found that the basalt in the sample was similar to basalt ... it was covered by an ocean of magma. The magma ocean model suggests the moon experienced a massive melting event ...