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Moon’s Hidden Magma Ocean?

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Moon’s Hidden Magma Ocean? Artemis May Unlock the Truth. Could ancient lava deep within the Moon reveal secrets of Earth’s birth? The Moon’s far side may be holding onto a secret buried for billions of years — a massive crater containing remnants of an ancient lunar magma ocean. With NASA’s Artemis missions set to return … Read more

Io’s raging volcanoes are self-powered

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View larger. | NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Io on December 30, 2023. A new NASA study suggested Io doesn’t have a global subsurface ocean of magma. Rather, each of Io’s raging volcanoes is self-powered with its own magma pool. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ SwRI/ MSSS/ Gerald Eichstädt. Jupiter’s moon Io is the … Read more